What are some opposite words for distend?
Antonyms for distend
dɪˈstɛnddis·tend
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term distend.
Princeton's WordNet
dilate, distendverb
become wider
"His pupils were dilated"
Synonyms:
elaborate, expatiate, dilate, flesh out, expound, expand, lucubrate, enlarge, expositdistendverb
cause to expand as it by internal pressure
"The gas distended the animal's body"
Synonyms:
dilatedistendverb
swell from or as if from internal pressure
"The distended bellies of the starving cows"
Synonyms:
dilate
How to use distend in a sentence?
De temps en temps il s'arrête de mâcher son chewing-gum, il entrouve ses lèvres et il souffle une bulle. La bulle verte se gonfle, se distend, puis elle explose avec un bruit sec. On appelle ça un bubble-gum.
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