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Distend :: Distend (v. t.) To extend in some one direction; to lengthen out; to stretch.

Expand :: Expand (v. t.) To cause the particles or parts of to spread themselves or stand apart, thus increasing bulk without addition of substance; to make to occupy more space; to dilate; to distend; to extend every way; to enlarge; -- opposed to contract; as, to expand the chest; heat expands all bodies; to expand the sphere of benevolence..

Tumored :: Tumored (a.) Distended; swelled.

Tumid :: Tumid (a.) Swelled, enlarged, or distended; as, a tumid leg; tumid flesh..

Stretch :: Stretch (v. t.) To make tense; to tighten; to distend forcibly.

Distending :: Distending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disten.

Turgid :: Turgid (a.) Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent or expansive force; swelled; swollen; bloated; inflated; tumid; -- especially applied to an enlarged part of the body; as, a turgid limb; turgid fruit..

Bladder :: Bladder (n.) A distended, membranaceous pericarp..

Inflated :: Inflated (a.) Distended or enlarged fictitiously; as, inflated prices, etc..

Balloon Fish :: Balloon fish () A fish of the genus Diodon or the genus Tetraodon, having the power of distending its body by taking air or water into its dilatable esophagus. See Globefish, and Bur fish..

Heave :: Heave (v. i.) To rise and fall with alternate motions, as the lungs in heavy breathing, as waves in a heavy sea, as ships on the billows, as the earth when broken up by frost, etc.; to swell; to dilate; to expand; to distend; hence, to labor; to struggle..

Distention :: Distention (n.) Breadth; extent or space occupied by the thing distended.

Inflated :: Inflated (a.) Hollow and distended, as a perianth, corolla, nectary, or pericarp..

Distensible :: Distensible (a.) Capable of being distended or dilated.

Ventriculous :: Ventriculous (a.) Somewhat distended in the middle; ventricular.

Full-blown :: Full-blown (a.) Fully distended with wind, as a sail..

Fyke :: Fyke (n.) A long bag net distended by hoops, into which fish can pass easily, without being able to return; -- called also fyke net..

Distention :: Distention (n.) The act of distending; the act of stretching in breadth or in all directions; the state of being Distended; as, the distention of the lungs..

Distend :: Distend (v. i.) To become expanded or inflated; to swell.

Dilate :: Dilate (v. t.) To expand; to distend; to enlarge or extend in all directions; to swell; -- opposed to contract; as, the air dilates the lungs; air is dilated by increase of heat..

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