distender — meaning in English
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English meaning
- strain verb To injure a muscle or tendon by overstretching or overusing it.
Senses
distender is used for these senses in English:
- strain (ambitransitive) To exert or struggle (to do something), especially to stretch (one's senses, faculties etc.) beyond what is normal or comfortable.
strain — full definition
- verb To injure a muscle or tendon by overstretching or overusing it.
- verb To make a great, often exhausting effort.
- verb To pass a liquid through a sieve or strainer to remove solids.
- noun Physical or mental pressure, tension, or exhaustion.
- noun A particular variety of a virus, bacterium, or other organism.