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- pronunciation:
- dih
stend
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb & intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
distends, distending, distended |
| definition: |
to swell or cause to swell from, or as if from, internal pressure; balloon.
The child's abdomen was distended, which is a sure sign of severe malnutrition.- synonyms:
- balloon, bloat, puff, swell, tumefy
- antonyms:
- constrict, deflate
- similar words:
- bag, blow up, bulge, dilate, enlarge, expand, inflate, protrude
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| related words: |
bag, belly, billow, bulge, enlarge, fill, inflate, magnify, stretch |
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