distend

Meaning

1. To extend or expand, as from internal pressure; to swell
2. To extend; to stretch out; to spread out.
3. To cause to swell.
4. To cause gravidity.

Synonyms

swell

inflate

bulge

bloat

stretch

expand

dilate

billow

widen

strain

broaden

belly

belly out

tighten

enlarge

protuberate

puff

extend

balloon

🎈

spread out

stick out

stretch out

surge

swell up

tense

tumefy

be fat

get cross

pop out

swell out

tumesce

get sulky

augment

be inflated

blow up

crane

crescendo

draw out

elongate

fill out

gorge

inflated

mushroom

🍄

outspread

pop

prolong

protract

protrude

puff out

reach

snowball

sprawl

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈstɛnd/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin distendō.