Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

distend

/dɪˈstɛnd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English

Syllables: dis-tend
IPA: /dɪˈstɛnd/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To extend or expand, as from internal pressure; to swell

Intransitive verb

verb

To extend; to stretch out; to spread out.

Archaic; Transitive verb

verb

To cause to swell.

Transitive verb

verb

To cause gravidity.

Example Sentences

"Then came the arrowy flight and form of the hurricane itself—its actual bulk—its imbodied power, pressing along through the forest in a gyratory progress, not fifty yards wide, never distending in width, yet capriciously winding from right to left and left to right."
"I begin to hate the theater, the feeling wickedly distended by histrionics, all the old gestures, clutchings, tears, and applications."
"These impure and frail matters are conteined within the angust concave of the Lunar Orb, above which with uninterrupted Series the things Celestial distend themselves."
"But say, what mean those coloured streaks in heaven / Distended as the brow of God appeased?"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *tend- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *téndeti Proto-Italic *tendō Latin tendō Latin distendōbor. English distend Borrowed from Latin distendō.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /dɪˈstɛnd/

Usage

Inflected Forms

distends (present, singular) distending (participle, present) distended (participle, past) distended (past)

Derived Forms

distendable distender distensible distensive

Synonyms

dilate

Rhymes With

end high-end friend send dead-end spend recommend tend attend trend defend extend

Questions

How do you pronounce distend?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪˈstɛnd/.
What does distend mean?: To extend or expand, as from internal pressure; to swell
Where does distend come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *tend- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *téndeti Proto-Italic *tendō Latin tendō Latin distendōbor. English distend Borrowed from Latin distendō.

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