distend
(verb)
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