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distend.

To extend or expand, as from internal pressure; to swell

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/dɪˈstɛnd/UK
  1. To extend or expand, as from internal pressure; to swell

    intransitive
  2. To extend; to stretch out; to spread out.

    archaic · reflexive · transitive
  3. To cause to swell.

    transitive
  4. To cause gravidity.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *tend- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *téndeti Proto-Italic *tendō Latin tendō Latin distendōbor. English distend Borrowed from Latin distendō.

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