distend
verb | /distend/
to swell or expand as from internal pressure
distend
verb | /distend/
Advanced WordsHARDto swell or expand as from internal pressure
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Examples
"His stomach would distend painfully after large meals."
"The riverbanks began to distend after days of heavy rain."
Mnemonic Trick
Distend = Dis + Tend → stretch outwards; swell.
Etymology
From Latin distendere “to stretch apart.”
used for physical swelling or expansion.
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