Standard Lemma guide

distended

adj · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /dɪˈstɛndɪd/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛndɪd
  • CMU ARPABET: D IH0 S T EH1 N D IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Extended or expanded, as from internal pressure; swollen.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: puffed, tumid, turgid, boln, bulging, bulled, distended, extuberant, farced, nodose, protuberant, swollen

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

gravid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

simple past and past participle of distend

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Past participle of distend.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: раздут (razdut) — extended or expanded
  • Bulgarian: разширен (razširen) — extended or expanded
  • Czech: opuchlý — extended or expanded
  • Czech: oteklý — extended or expanded
  • Czech: odulý — extended or expanded
  • Finnish: ajettunut — extended or expanded
  • Finnish: turvonnut — extended or expanded
  • Finnish: paisunut — extended or expanded
  • German: gebläht — extended or expanded
  • Latin: distentus — extended or expanded
  • Māori: tenga — extended or expanded
  • Turkish: şişmiş — extended or expanded
  • Finnish: odottava — (biology) gravid
  • German: aufgetrieben — (biology) gravid
  • German: schwanger — (biology) gravid
  • Turkish: gebe — (biology) gravid
  • Turkish: hamile — (biology) gravid