distend
distend is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 34 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To stretch out or extend in all directions; to dilate; to enlarge, as by elasticity of parts; to inflate so as to produce tension; to cause to swell; as, to distend a bladder, the stomach, etc. The warmth distends the chinks. Dryden.
- 2.To become expanded or inflated; to swell. "His heart distends with pride." Milton.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- back
- baleen
- bounce
- buoyancy
- buoyant
- caoutchouc
- ductile
- elastic
- elasticity
- extend
- flex
- flexibility
- flexible
- gum
- latex
- modulus
- natural
- plastic
- proportional
- recoil
- renitency
- renitent
- resilience
- resilient
- rubber
- spring
- springiness
- strain
- stress
- stretch
- synthetic
- tensile
- the
- whalebone
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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