distend

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin distendō. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈstɛnd/ Rhymes: -ɛnd === Verb === distend (third-person singular simple present distends, present participle distending, simple past and past participle distended) (intransitive) To extend or expand, as from internal pressure; to swell (transitive, reflexive, archaic) To extend; to stretch out; to spread out. (transitive) To cause to swell. (biology) To cause gravidity. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “distend”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. === Anagrams === destin'd == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dis.tɑ̃/ === Verb === distend third-person singular present indicative of distendre