distend

Pronunciation: /dɪˈstɛnd/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb become wider
  2. verb cause to expand as it by internal pressure
  3. verb swell from or as if from internal pressure

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin distendō.

In classic literature

Synonyms

dilate

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
widen

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