Dictionary Check: distend

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"distend" is a valid word!

Scrabble 9 points

Words with Friends 10 points

verb

become wider

Example: "His pupils were dilated"

Synonyms:

verb

cause to expand as if by internal pressure

Example: "The gas distended the animal's body"

verb

swell from or as if from internal pressure

Example: "The distended bellies of the starving cows"

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