distend#3 (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 30
def cause to expand as it by internal pressure
examples The gas distended the animal's body
Frame - 11 Something ----s something
Outgoing links
Verb Group distend
Hypernym bloat
Derivationally related form distend → distention
Incoming links
Derivationally related form distention → distend
Verb Group distend
Hyponym bloat

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