distend

Verb

Verb Forms: distended, distending, distends

• To swell or cause to swell by pressure from within.
• become wider
• cause to expand as it by internal pressure
  • "The gas distended the animal's body"
• swell from or as if from internal pressure
  • "The distended bellies of the starving cows"
• To extend or expand, as from internal pressure; to swell
• To extend; to stretch out; to spread out.
• To cause to swell.
• To cause gravidity.

Examples

• The player’s ego seemed to DISTEND after scoring a rare triple-triple word.

Synonyms

dilate