distend
🇺🇸
/dɪˈstend/
🇬🇧
/dɪˈstend/
verb
R
To make something become larger, rounder, or more stretched out, usually because of pressure from inside.
When you blow into a balloon, it will distend.
translation
To make something become larger, rounder, or more stretched out, usually because of pressure from inside.
Word Forms
3rd Present
distends
Past
distended
Perfect
distended
Progressive
distending