DISTEND
\dɪstˈɛnd], \dɪstˈɛnd], \d_ɪ_s_t_ˈɛ_n_d]\
Definitions of DISTEND
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
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To extend in some one direction; to lengthen out; to stretch.
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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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To become expanded or inflated; to swell.
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To extend in some one direction; to lengthen out; to stretch.
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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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To become expanded or inflated; to swell.
By Noah Webster.
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By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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