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distended
[ dih-sten-did ]
adjective
- increased, as in size, volume, etc.; expanded; dilated:
the distended nostrils of the terrified horse.
- swollen, by or as by internal pressure, out of normal size or shape; protuberant:
distended wineskins; the distended arteries of his neck.
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Other Words From
- dis·tended·ly adverb
- dis·tended·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of distended1
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Example Sentences
In two or three seconds she had become suggestive of an animal, her nostrils distended, the upper lip drawn back from her teeth.
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The Countess Lavinia slowly turned her head and fixed her distended eyes on the speaker.
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He thought her speech outrageous; his nostrils distended a little and his eyes darkened.
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The stomach was much distended, and when I state this fact I am sure it will excite much curiosity as to the reason why.
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By way of doing so, he set up a stout fence-rail between his landlord's distended jaws, and went away.
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