verb🔗ShareTo extend or expand, as from internal pressure; to swell"The balloon slowly distended as air filled it. "medicinephysiologybodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo extend; to stretch out; to spread out."The balloon slowly distended as more air was pumped into it. "physiologymedicineanatomybiologybodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo cause to swell."The balloon slowly distended as more air was pumped into it. "medicinephysiologybodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo cause gravidity."The doctor explained that the fluid accumulating in Sarah's abdomen was beginning to distend it, indicating a growing pregnancy. "medicinebodyphysiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading