distend

verb

1. become wider

Similar word(s): dilate

Definition categories: change, widen

2. cause to expand as it by internal pressure

- The gas distended the animal's body

Definition categories: change, bloat

3. swell from or as if from internal pressure

- The distended bellies of the starving cows

Definition categories: change, intumesce, swell, tumefy, tumesce