distended

Distend \Dis*tend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Distended}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Distending}.] [L. distendere, distentum, distensum;
   dis- + tendere to stretch, stretch out: cf. F. distendre to
   distend, d['e]tendre to unbend. See {Tend}, and cf.
   {Detent}.]
   1. To extend in some one direction; to lengthen out; to
      stretch. [R.]
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            But say, what mean those colored streaks in heaven
            Distended as the brow of God appeased? --Milton.
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   2. To stretch out or extend in all directions; to dilate; to
      enlarge, as by elasticity of parts; to inflate so as to
      produce tension; to cause to swell; as, to distend a
      bladder, the stomach, etc.
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            The warmth distends the chinks.       --Dryden.

   Syn: To dilate; expand; enlarge; swell; inflate.
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127 Moby Thesaurus words for "distended":
      adipose, bagging, baggy, ballooning, beefy, bellying, big-bellied,
      billowing, billowy, bloated, blown up, blowzy, bosomy, brawny,
      bulbose, bulbous, bulging, bumped, bumpy, bunched, bunchy, burly,
      bursting, buxom, choked, chubby, chunky, congested, corpulent,
      crammed, crowded, dilated, drenched, dropsical, dumpy, edematous,
      enchymatous, fat, fattish, filled to overflowing, flatulent,
      fleshy, full, gassy, glutted, gorged, gross, heavyset, hefty,
      hillocky, hippy, hummocky, hyperemic, imposing, in spate,
      incrassate, inflated, jam-packed, jammed, lusty, meaty, moutonnee,
      obese, overblown, overburdened, overcharged, overfed, overflowing,
      overfraught, overfreighted, overfull, overladen, overloaded,
      overstocked, overstuffed, oversupplied, overweight, overweighted,
      packed, paunchy, plethoric, plump, pneumatic, podgy, portly,
      potbellied, pouching, pudgy, puffed up, puffy, pursy,
      ready to burst, roly-poly, rotund, rounded, running over, satiated,
      saturated, soaked, square, squat, squatty, stalwart, stocky, stout,
      strapping, stuffed, stuffed up, supercharged, supersaturated,
      surcharged, surfeited, swelled, swelling, swollen, thick-bodied,
      thickset, top-heavy, tubby, tumid, turgid, ventose, verrucated,
      verrucose, warty, well-fed, windy