💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Distends"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| swellverb | (intransitive) To become bigger, especially due to being engorged. |
| swell upverb | (idiomatic) To become swollen |
| dilateverb | (intransitive) To become wider or larger; to expand. |
| abdomennoun | (anatomy) The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis, not including the back; or in some lower vertebrates, the portion between the cardiac and caudal regions. |
| distensionnoun | The act of distending. |
| distentionnoun | Alternative form of distension (“the act of distending”). [The act of distending.] |
| distortsverb | (transitive) To give a false or misleading account of; pervert. |
| stretchesnoun | An act of stretching. |
| dilatesverb | (intransitive) To become wider or larger; to expand. |
| inflatesverb | (transitive) To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally |
| distortingnoun | That distorts. |
| deformsverb | (transitive) To change the form of (something), usually thus making it disordered or irregular; to give (something) an abnormal or unusual shape. |
| distensibilitynoun | Capability of swelling or stretching |
| stretchingverb | A form of physical exercise in which a specific skeletal muscle (or muscle group) is deliberately elongated to its fullest length in order to improve the muscle's felt elasticity and reaffirm comfortable muscle tone. |
| distensible | Capable of swelling or stretching. |
| distortverb | (transitive) To give a false or misleading account of; pervert. |
| expandsverb | (transitive) To increase the extent, number, volume or scope of (something). |
| stretchnoun | An act of stretching. |
| dilationnoun | The act of dilating. |
| dilatationnoun | The act of dilating; expansion; an enlarging on all sides; the state of being dilated |
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