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How to pronounce “distend”
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Pronunciation guide for distend
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of distend with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- Rick Sammon's Pocket Guide to Travel Photography
The reason it looks kind of weird is because the jaws come -- they distend and they like
- Definition summary
- (intransitive) To extend or expand, as from internal pressure; to swell
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How to pronounce distend
Rick Sammon's Pocket Guide to Travel Photography
The reason it looks kind of weird is because the jaws come -- they distend and they like
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “distend”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (intransitive) To extend or expand, as from internal pressure; to swell
- (transitive, reflexive, archaic) To extend; to stretch out; to spread out.
- (transitive) To cause to swell.
- (biology) To cause gravidity.
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