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distend
Overview of verb distend
The verb distend has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. dilate, distend -- (become wider; "His pupils were dilated")
2. distend -- (cause to expand as it by internal pressure; "The gas distended the animal's body")
3. distend -- (swell from or as if from internal pressure; "The distended bellies of the starving cows")
Antonyms of verb distend
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb distend
3 senses of distend
Sense 1
dilate, distend
=> widen
=> increase
=> change magnitude
=> change
Sense 2
distend
=> bloat
=> swell
=> grow
=> develop, make grow
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 3
distend
=> swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce
=> expand
=> grow
=> increase
=> change magnitude
=> change
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb distend
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb distend
3 senses of distend
Sense 1
dilate, distend
=> widen
Sense 2
distend
=> bloat
Sense 3
distend
=> swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce
'Cause To' of verb distend
Derived Forms of verb distend
3 senses of distend
Sense 1
dilate, distend
RELATED TO>(adj) distensible#1
=> distensible
RELATED TO>(noun) distention#2
=> distention, distension
RELATED TO>(noun) distension#2
=> dilatation, distension, distention
RELATED TO>(noun) distension#1
=> distention, distension
Sense 2
distend
RELATED TO>(noun) distention#2
=> distention, distension
Sense 3
distend
RELATED TO>(noun) distension#2
=> dilatation, distension, distention
RELATED TO>(noun) distension#1
=> distention, distension
RELATED TO>(noun) distention#2
=> distention, distension
Domain of verb distend
Domain Terms of verb distend
Familiarity of verb distend
distend used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb distend
3 senses of distend
Sense 1
dilate, distend
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
distend
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
distend
EX: Did his feet distend?
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb distend
3 senses of distend
Sense 1
dilate, distend
> widen
=> flare out, flare
=> dilate, distend
Sense 2
distend
> bloat
=> distend
Sense 3
distend
> swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce
=> distend
=> belly, belly out
=> puff, puff up, blow up, puff out
=> bloat
=> blister, vesicate
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb distend
Sense 2
distend
=> bloat
Sense 3
distend
=> swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce
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Sense 1
dilate, distend
=> widen
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Grep of verb distend
distend
Grep of adj distend
distended
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