Word Meanings - DISTEND - Book Publishers vocabulary database

tendere to stretch, stretch out: cf. F. distendre to distend, 1. To extend in some one direction; to lengthen out; to stretch. But say, what mean those colored streaks in heaven Distended as the brow of God appeased Milton. 2. To stretch out or

Additional info about word: DISTEND

tendere to stretch, stretch out: cf. F. distendre to distend, 1. To extend in some one direction; to lengthen out; to stretch. But say, what mean those colored streaks in heaven Distended as the brow of God appeased Milton. 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. The warmth distends the chinks. Dryden. Syn. -- To dilate; expand; enlarge; swell; inflate.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DISTEND)

• Dilate
• Stretch
• widen
• expand
• swell
• distend
• enlarge
• descant
• expatiate
• Inflate
• Distend
• Swell
• extend
• enlarges
• heighten
• heave
• enhance
• rise
• increase
• augment
• protuberate
• aggravate
• amplify

Related words: (words related to DISTEND)

• INFLATE
  Blown in; inflated. Chaucer.
• INFLATED
  Hollow and distended, as a perianth, corolla, nectary, or pericarp. Martyn. 4. Distended or enlarged fictitiously; as, inflated prices, etc. (more info) 1. Filled, as with air or gas; blown up; distended; as, a balloon inflated with gas. 2. Turgid;
• PROTUBERATE
  To swell, or be prominent, beyond the adjacent surface; to bulge out. S. Sharp.
• ENLARGEMENT
  1. The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion. 2. Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an
• EXTENDLESSNESS
  Unlimited extension. An . . . extendlessness of excursions. Sir. M. Hale.
• ENHANCEMENT
  The act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation; as, the enhancement of value, price, enjoyments, crime.
• INFLATER
  One who, or that which, inflates; as, the inflaters of the stock exchange.
• EXTENDANT
  Displaced. Ogilvie.
• SWELLTOAD
  A swellfish.
• WIDEN
  To make wide or wider; to extend in breadth; to increase the width of; as, to widen a field; to widen a breach; to widen a stocking.
• EXTEND
  To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent. Extended letter , a letter, or style of type, having a broader face than is usual for a letter or type of the same height. Note: This is extended
• AUGMENTATION
  A additional charge to a coat of arms, given as a mark of honor. Cussans. (more info) 1. The act or process of augmenting, or making larger, by addition, expansion, or dilation; increase. 2. The state of being augmented; enlargement. 3. The thing
• AUGMENT
  To add an augment to. (more info) augere to increase; perh. akin to Gr. wax, v., and eke, v.: cf. F. 1. To enlarge or increase in size, amount, or degree; to swell; to make bigger; as, to augment an army by reëforcements; rain augments a stream;
• INCREASEMENT
  Increase. Bacon.
• EXTENDIBLE
  Liable to be taken by a writ of extent. (more info) 1. Capable of being extended, susceptible of being stretched, extended, enlarged, widened, or expanded.
• EXPANDER
  Anything which causes expansion esp. a tool for stretching open or expanding a tube, etc.
• ENHANCER
  One who enhances; one who, or that which, raises the amount, price, etc.
• HEAVEN
  hevan, LG. heben, heven, Icel. hifinn; of uncertain origin, cf. D. hemel, G. himmel, Icel. himmin, Goth. himins; perh. akin to, or influenced by, the root of E. heave, or from a root signifying to cover, cf. Goth. gaham to put on, clothe one's
• HEAVENLY
  1. Pertaining to, resembling, or inhabiting heaven; celestial; not earthly; as, heavenly regions; heavenly music. As is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. 1 Cor. xv.
• STRETCHING
  from Stretch, v. Stretching course , a course or series of stretchers. See Stretcher, 2. Britton.
• REINCREASE
  To increase again.
• UPSWELL
  To swell or rise up.
• DISAUGMENT
  To diminish.
• SHEAVED
  Made of straw. Shak.
• THEAVE
  A ewe lamb of the first year; also, a sheep three years old. Halliwell.
• UNSWELL
  To sink from a swollen state; to subside. Chaucer.
• HEARTSWELLING
  Rankling in, or swelling, the heart. "Heartswelling hate." Spenser.
• SUBDILATED
  Partially dilated.