verb🔗ShareTo extend or expand, as from internal pressure; to swell"The balloon was distending with air as he kept blowing into it. "medicinephysiologyanatomybodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo extend; to stretch out; to spread out."The balloon was distending as we continued to blow air into it. "physiologymedicinebodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo cause to swell."The child's stomach was distending after he ate too much candy. "medicinephysiologybodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo cause gravidity."The doctor explained that the hormonal changes were distending her abdomen as the pregnancy progressed. "physiologymedicinebodybiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
