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Antonyms for distend

Grammar : Verb
Spell : dih-stend
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈstɛnd


Definition of distend

Origin :
  • c.1400, from Latin distendere "to swell or stretch out, extend," from dis- "apart" (see dis-) + tendere "to stretch" (see tenet). Related: Distended; distending.
  • verb bulge, swell
Example sentences :
  • You will find it impossible to breathe, for the muscles of your chest will distend the ribs.
  • Extract from : « The Best Made Plans » by Everett B. Cole
  • All the blood in him seemed to rush to his head and distend the veins there.
  • Extract from : « The Free Range » by Francis William Sullivan
  • To distend is to stretch apart or spread in all directions; to dilate, to expand.
  • Extract from : « Orthography » by Elmer W. Cavins
  • Furl—To roll up and make sails fast so that the wind cannot distend them.
  • Extract from : « On Yacht Sailing » by Thomas Fleming Day
  • He could talk now, could distend his nerves in the warm air of her sympathy.
  • Extract from : « Sanctuary » by Edith Wharton
  • In the dried or ripe state they are rather difficult of digestion, and very apt to distend the stomach and intestines with wind.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
  • It does not distend the stomach properly, nor call into use its ruminating habits.
  • Extract from : « Domestic Animals » by Richard L. Allen
  • This, though not agreeable to the mind, served to distend the body.
  • Extract from : « The Cloister and the Hearth » by Charles Reade
  • Why do connoisseurs of wines close their mouths and distend their chins for a few seconds, when tasting wines?
  • Extract from : « The Reason Why » by Anonymous
  • The chivalrous sentiments of war fire his eye, distend his breast, and give erectness to his figure.
  • Extract from : « Life of Schamyl » by John Milton Mackie

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