distend

  1. Verb.  (intransitive) To extend or expand, as from internal pressure; to swell.
  2. Verb.  (transitive, reflexive) To extend; to stretch out; to spread out.
  3. Verb.  (transitive) To cause to swell.
  4. Verb.  (biology) To cause gravidity.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.