distend#1 (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 30
def swell from or as if from internal pressure
examples The distended bellies of the starving cows
Frame - 1 Something ----s
Outgoing links
Hypernym swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce
Derivationally related form distend → distension; distend → distension
Derivationally related form distend → distention
Verb Group distend
Incoming links
Derivationally related form distension → distend; distension → distend
Derivationally related form distention → distend
Hyponym swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce
Verb Group distend

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