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1 distend
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2 distend
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3 distend
distend [dɪ'stend](cheeks) se gonfler; (nostrils) se dilater; (stomach) se ballonner, se distendre; (sails) se gonfler -
4 swell
∎ the damp has made the wood swell l'humidité a fait gonfler le bois;∎ he felt his lip begin to swell il sentit sa lèvre enfler ou gonfler;∎ figurative her heart swelled with joy/pride son cœur s'est gonflé de joie/d'orgueil(b) (increase) augmenter;∎ the crowd swelled to nearly two hundred la foule grossit et il y eut bientôt près de deux cents personnes(c) (well up → emotion) monter, surgir;∎ I felt anger swell in me je sentais la colère monter en moi(e) (grow louder) s'enfler;∎ the music swelled to its climax la musique atteignit alors son point culminant∎ the wind swelled the sails le vent gonfla les voiles;∎ her eyes were swollen with tears ses yeux étaient pleins de larmes(b) (increase) augmenter, grossir;∎ she asked her friends to come along to swell the numbers elle a demandé à ses amis de venir pour qu'il y ait plus de monde;∎ to swell the ranks of the unemployed venir grossir les rangs des chômeurs(c) (cause to rise) gonfler, grossir;∎ the rivers had been swollen by torrential rains les cours d'eau avaient été gonflés ou grossis par des pluies torrentielles3 noun∎ there was a deep or heavy swell il y avait une forte houle∎ the swell of the sails le gonflement des voiles(e) American familiar old-fashioned (big shot) gros bonnet m; (dandy) dandy m, gandin m; (rich person) personne f huppée, rupin m∎ she's a swell girl c'est une chic fille;∎ we had a swell time on s'est super bien amusés►► Music swell box boîte f expressive(se) gonflergonfler -
5 bell
bell [bel]1 noun(a) (in church) cloche f; (handheld) clochette f; (on bicycle) sonnette f; (for cows) cloche f, clarine f; (on boots, toys) grelot m; (sound) coup m (de cloche);∎ there goes the dinner bell c'est la cloche qui annonce le dîner;∎ Religion has the first bell for vespers gone? a-t-on sonné le premier coup des vêpres?;∎ Nautical to sound bells piquer la cloche ou l'heure;∎ Nautical it sounded four/eight bells cela a piqué quatre/huit coups (de cloche);∎ saved by the bell! sauvé par le gong!;∎ Religion bell, book and candle instruments mpl du culte;∎ bells and whistles accessoires mpl(b) (electrical device → on door) sonnette f;∎ there's the bell il y a quelqu'un à la porte, on sonne (à la porte);∎ to ring the bell sonner∎ to give sb a bell passer un coup de fil à qn(b) (bloat, distend) ballonner∎ figurative to bell the cat attacher le grelot►► Nautical bell buoy bouée f à cloche;American bell captain chef m chasseur;Horticulture bell glass cloche f de verre;Botany bell heather bruyère f cendrée;Chemistry bell jar cloche f de verre;Bell Laboratories, Bell Labs = centre américain de recherches scientifiques et techniques de haute renommée;bell push bouton m de sonnette;bell tent tente f conique;bell tower clocher mⓘ The bells, the bells Dans The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, la traduction anglaise de Notre-Dame de Paris de Victor Hugo, Quasimodo s'exclame "the bells, the bells!" lorsqu'il entend sonner les cloches de la cathédrale. Pour plaisanter, il arrive que l'on prononce ces paroles en prenant une grosse voix lorsque l'on entend sonner des cloches, pour évoquer le personnage de Quasimodo.
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Distend — Dis*tend , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Distended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Distending}.] [L. distendere, distentum, distensum; dis + tendere to stretch, stretch out: cf. F. distendre to distend, d[ e]tendre to unbend. See {Tend}, and cf. {Detent}.] 1. To… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Distend — Dis*tend , v. i. To become expanded or inflated; to swell. His heart distends with pride. Milton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
distend — index compound, enlarge, expand, extend (enlarge), inflate, overextend Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton … Law dictionary
distend — (v.) c.1400, from L. distendere to swell or stretch out, extend, from dis apart (see DIS (Cf. dis )) + tendere to stretch (see TENET (Cf. tenet)). Related: Distended; distending … Etymology dictionary
distend — swell, dilate, *expand, inflate, amplify Analogous words: enlarge, *increase, augment: *extend, lengthen Antonyms: constrict Contrasted words: *contract, shrink, compress, condense, deflate … New Dictionary of Synonyms
distend — [v] bulge, swell amplify, augment, balloon, bloat, dilate, distort, enlarge, expand, increase, inflate, lengthen, puff, stretch, widen; concepts 157,469,780 Ant. cave in, contract, deflate, fall, shrink … New thesaurus
distend — ► VERB ▪ swell because of internal pressure. DERIVATIVES distended adjective distensibility noun distensible adjective distension noun. ORIGIN Latin distendere, from tendere to stretch … English terms dictionary
distend — [di stend′] vt., vi. [ME distenden < L distendere < dis , apart + tendere, to stretch: see TEND2] 1. to stretch out 2. to expand; make or become swollen SYN. EXPAND … English World dictionary
distend — UK [dɪˈstend] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms distend : present tense I/you/we/they distend he/she/it distends present participle distending past tense distended past participle distended to swell, or to make something swell … English dictionary
distend — verb a) To extend or expand, as from internal pressure; to swell These impure and frail matters are conteined within the angust concave of the Lunar Orb, above which with uninterrupted Series the things Celestial distend themselves. b) … Wiktionary
distend — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Latin distendere, from dis + tendere to stretch more at thin Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. extend 2. to enlarge from internal pressure ; … New Collegiate Dictionary