Word

distend, v.
(distended, distending, distends)

swell from or as if from internal pressure
<verb.change>

distend

sample sentences

"The distended bellies of the starving cows"

verb frames

Something ----s
Did his feet %s?

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

distension distention distension

semantic pointers

hypernym

swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce

verb group

cause to expand as it by internal pressure
<verb.change>

distend

sample sentences

"The gas distended the animal's body"

verb frames

Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

verb group

hypernym

become wider
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 6

dilate distend

sample sentences

"His pupils were dilated"

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

dilatation dilation dilator dilator dilator dilatation

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

distensible distension distention distension

semantic pointers

hypernym