Definition of "distends" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of distend. (verb)

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• "It swells, distends, turns colors — first a greenish-grey, then a curious violet."
• "At one level this is entertaining stuff, but it distracts, distorts, and distends our politics."
• "Underneath a coat of sparse, wiry white hair, its belly distends almost to its knobby knees."