distending

Definitions

Expanding or causing to expand by pressure from within; swelling.

Stretching out or enlarging in size, volume, or extent.

Examples

The balloon was distending rapidly as the air pressure inside continued to increase.

The snake's stomach was visibly distending after it swallowed the large meal.

Synonyms

expanding swelling bloating enlarging inflating stretching dilating

Antonyms

shrinking contracting compressing constricting deflating narrowing shriveling