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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..

Expand :: Expand (v. i.) To become widely opened, spread apart, dilated, distended, or enlarged; as, flowers expand in the spring; metals expand by heat; the heart expands with joy..

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..

Blown :: Blown (p. p. & a.) Swollen; inflated; distended; puffed up, as cattle when gorged with green food which develops gas..

Distensive :: Distensive (a.) Distending, or capable of being distended..

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

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

Plumper :: Plumper (n.) One who, or that which, plumps or swells out something else; hence, something carried in the mouth to distend the cheeks..

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..

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

Bloated :: Bloated (p. a.) Distended beyond the natural or usual size, as by the presence of water, serum, etc.; turgid; swollen; as, a bloated face. Also, puffed up with pride; pompous..

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

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

Inflate :: Inflate (v. i.) To expand; to fill; to distend.

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..

Bur Fish :: Bur fish () A spinose, plectognath fish of the Allantic coast of the United States (esp. Chilo mycterus geometricus) having the power of distending its body with water or air, so as to resemble a chestnut bur; -- called also ball fish, balloon fish, and swellfish..

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

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

Intend :: Intend (v. t.) To stretch' to extend; to distend.

Distent :: Distent (a.) Distended.

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