| Distend 1. (v. t.) To stretch out or extend in all directions; to dilate; to enlarge, as by elasticity of parts; to inflate so as to produce tension; to cause to swell; as, to distend a bladder, the stomach, etc. 2. (v. i.) To become expanded or inflated; to swell. Thesaurus Entries add to, aggrandize, amplify, augment, bag, balloon, belly, belly out, bilge, billow, bloat, blow up, bouge, broaden, bug, build, build up, bulge, bulk, bulk out, crescendo, develop, dilate, enlarge, expand, extend, fill out, goggle, greaten, hike, hike up, huff, increase, inflate, lengthen, magnify, pooch, pop, pouch, pout, puff, puff up, pump, pump up, raise, rarefy, round out, snowball, stretch, sufflate, swell, swell out, tumefy, up, widen |