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distended

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dis·tend  (d-stnd)
v. dis·tend·ed, dis·tend·ing, dis·tends
v.intr.
To swell out or expand from or as if from internal pressure.
v.tr.
1. To cause to expand by or as if by internal pressure; dilate.
2. To extend.

[Middle English distenden, from Latin distendere : dis-, dis- + tendere, to stretch; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]
Translations
distended [dɪˈstɛndɪd] adj [stomach] → hinchado

distended [dɪsˈtɛndɪd] adj [stomach] → dilaté(e)

distended [dɪsˈtɛndɪd] distend adjaufgebläht

distended [dɪsˈtɛndɪd] adj [stomach] → dilatato/a

distended
adj distended [diˈstendəd]
stretched; swollen. opswelling, rekking, omvang مُنْتَفِخ разширен napjatý; nafouklý, odulý udspilet; opsvulmet ausgedehnt πρησμένος, τεντωμένος dilatado laienenud, paisunud, punnis, paistes ورم کرده؛ بادکرده laajentunut dilaté מְנוּפָּח फूला हुआ, सुजा हुआ raširen, nateknut felfújt membesar, membengkak þaninn, teygður dilatato, gonfiato ふくれた 늘어난, (위 같은 체내 기관이) 확장된 išsiplėtęs, ištinęs izpleties; pietūcis mengembang gezwollen utspilt, oppsvulmet rozciągnięty, rozdęty distendido dilatat; umflat натянутый; надутый nafúknutý razširjen, nabrekel naduti se utvidgad, spänd ขยาย; บวม şişmiş, kabarmış 腫脹的;擴張的 витягнутий پھولا ہوا bị sưng to


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Next minute "the unobstructed beam" was shining right into the knapsack itself, for all the world like one of those little demon electric lights with which the dentist makes a momentary treasure-cave of your distended jaws, flashing with startled stalactite.
Violent without craftiness, and furious without malice, one may imagine him seated masterfully with a double-edged sword on his knees upon the painted and gilt clouds of the sunset, bowing his shock head of golden locks, a flaming beard over his breast, imposing, colossal, mighty-limbed, with a thundering voice, distended cheeks and fierce blue eyes, urging the speed of his gales.
In the general uproar one could hear every individual drop strike on the stout and distended silk.
 
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