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Showing words for DISTEND using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Distend

distend

6 Letter Words for Distend

destin, didest, dinted, sinded, teinds, tinded

5 Letter Words for Distend

dedit, deids, deist, dents, detin, didnt, didst, diets, dined, dines, dints, distn, dited, dites, edits, entsi, ident, idest, inset, neist, nided, nides, sdein, senit, senti, sided, sient, sined, sited, snide, snite, stedd, steid, stein, stend, stied, stine, teind, tends, tided, tides, tiens, tinds, tined, tines, tsine

4 Letter Words for Distend

deid, deis, deni, dens, dent, desi, detd, deti, detn, didn, died, dies, diet, dine, dins, dint, dist, dite, dits, edit, ends, ides, inde, inst, isdn, ised, isnt, neds, nest, neti, nets, nide, nids, nied, nies, nist, nits, seit, send, sent, side, sien, sind, sine, site, sned, snit, sted, sten, stid, stie, teds, tend, tens, tide, tids, tied, tien, ties, tind, tine, tins

3 Letter Words for Distend

dds, ddt, ded, dei, den, des, det, did, die, din, dis, dit, dtd, edd, eds, end, ens, esd, est, ide, ids, ind, ins, int, ise, isn, ist, itd, its, ned, nei, net, nid, nie, nis, nit, sed, sei, sen, set, sie, sin, sit, std, ted, ten, tes, tid, tie, tin, tis, tsi

Definitions for Distend

[1] to expand by stretching, as something hollow or elastic: Habitual overeating had distended his stomach.
[2] to spread in all directions; expand; swell: The sea distended about them.
[3] to expand or be expanded by or as if by pressure from within; swell; inflate
[4] (tr) to stretch out or extend
[5] (tr) to magnify in importance; exaggerate

Words related to Distend

widen, augment, dilate, stretch, balloon, bloat, enlarge, distort, lengthen, increase, puff, inflate, expand, amplify

Words nearby Distend

distasteful, distelfink, distemper, distemperature, distemperoid, distend, distended, distensible, distensile, distent, distention

Origin of Distend

1375–1425; late Middle English (< Anglo-French destendre ) < Latin distendere, equivalent to dis- dis-1 + tendere to stretch

Other words from Distend

dis·tend·er , noun
o·ver·dis·tend , verb
un·dis·tend , verb (used with object)

Word origin for Distend

C14: from Latin distendere, from dis- 1 + tendere to stretch

Synonyms for Distend

amplify, augment, balloon, bloat, dilate, distort, enlarge, expand, increase, inflate, lengthen, puff, stretch, widen