Get to know Distend better with 4 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like dilate or widen.
Distend meaning
- To extend or expand, as from internal pressure; to swell
- To extend; to stretch out; to spread out.
- To cause to swell.
Using Distend
- The main meaning on this page is: To extend or expand, as from internal pressure; to swell | To extend; to stretch out; to spread out. | To cause to swell.
- Useful related words include: dilate, widen, bloat, swell.
Context around Distend
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 0 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Distend
- In this selection, "distend" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, stomach stand out and add context to how "distend" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and could distend to allow and and stomach distend. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "distend" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with distend
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Unlike the epithelial lining of most organs, transitional epithelium can flatten and distend. (13 words)
They will sweat, vomit, succumb to an alcoholic dementia that destroys their co-ordination and memories and see their liver fail and stomach distend. (24 words)
These rivers constitute 20% of India's total outflow. citation The heavy southwest monsoon rains cause the Brahmaputra and other rivers to distend their banks, often flooding surrounding areas. (29 words)
Its stomach was muscular, and could distend to allow the animal to eat large amounts of food at one time, probably an adaptation to compensate for long periods when hunting was unsuccessful and food scarce. (35 words)
These rivers constitute 20% of India's total outflow. citation The heavy southwest monsoon rains cause the Brahmaputra and other rivers to distend their banks, often flooding surrounding areas. (29 words)
They will sweat, vomit, succumb to an alcoholic dementia that destroys their co-ordination and memories and see their liver fail and stomach distend. (24 words)
Example sentences (4)
They will sweat, vomit, succumb to an alcoholic dementia that destroys their co-ordination and memories and see their liver fail and stomach distend.
Its stomach was muscular, and could distend to allow the animal to eat large amounts of food at one time, probably an adaptation to compensate for long periods when hunting was unsuccessful and food scarce.
These rivers constitute 20% of India's total outflow. citation The heavy southwest monsoon rains cause the Brahmaputra and other rivers to distend their banks, often flooding surrounding areas.
Unlike the epithelial lining of most organs, transitional epithelium can flatten and distend.