distender

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English

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Etymology

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From distend +‎ -er.

Noun

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distender (plural distenders)

  1. One who, or that which, distends.
    • 2005, Robert Barr, In the Midst of Alarms, page 28:
      Crinoline was fashionable, even in the country, in those days, and ribs of cane were used before the metallic distenders of dresses came in.

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Latin distendere.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: dis‧ten‧der

Verb

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distender (first-person singular present distendo, first-person singular preterite distendi, past participle distendido)

  1. to stretch, to distend
  2. to pull (a muscle)

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin distendere.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /distenˈdeɾ/ [d̪is.t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: dis‧ten‧der

Verb

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distender (first-person singular present distiendo, first-person singular preterite distendí, past participle distendido)

  1. (transitive) to stretch, to distend
  2. (reflexive) to ease, to relax
    • 2017 August 17, “Presidente de Corea del Sur:”, in El Comercio[1]:
      Sin embargo, la alarma mundial comenzó a distenderse el martes después de que el líder norcoreano Kim Jong-un se distanció del plan.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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