- Become distended - Swell up - To make turgid, as with water or air; to cause a swelling
of the surface of, from effusion of serum in the cellular tissue,
producing a morbid enlargement, often accompanied with softness. - To inflate; to puff up; to make vain. - To grow turgid as by effusion of liquid in the cellular
tissue; to puff out; to swell. - Bloated. - A term of contempt for a worthless, dissipated fellow.