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distend in Catalan

distend in Catalan is distendre — distend means to swell or expand, usually because of pressure from inside.

distend in Catalan

distendre
verb
(intransitive) To extend or expand, as from internal pressure; to swell

What does "distend" mean?

  1. verb To swell or expand, usually because of pressure from inside.
    "I begin to hate the theater, the feeling wickedly distended by histrionics, all the old gestures, clutchings, tears, and applications."
  2. verb To stretch or spread something out.
  3. verb To make something swell up.
  4. verb (archaic) To make pregnant.
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distend in a sentence

  • I begin to hate the theater, the feeling wickedly distended by histrionics, all the old gestures, clutchings, tears, and applications.

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What is "distend" in Catalan?
"distend" in Catalan is distendre. distend means: To swell or expand, usually because of pressure from inside.
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