Hyphenation of distend

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word distend? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

dis-tend

Definitions of distend:

1.	Become wider His pupils were dilated
2.	Cause to expand as it by internal pressure The gas distended the animal's body
3.	Swell from or as if from internal pressure The distended bellies of the starving cows

Synonyms of distend:

verb	dilate, widen
verb	bloat
verb	swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce

Last hyphenations of this language

racism dissociate taboo overkindly cuppa tamale cultural roadworthy Rory Swiss scissoring nonpartisanship scleroses consumption ommatidia consecrative Conway affectlessness overgenerous confutation

Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.