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DISTENDED

Pronunciation (US):

• DISTENDED (adjective)
The adjective DISTENDED has 2 senses:

1. abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas
2. abnormally expanded or increased in size; ('swollen' is sometimes used in combination)

Familiarity information: DISTENDED used as an adjective is rare.

• DISTENDED (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas

Synonyms:

tumescent; swollen; puffed; intumescent; distended; bloated; puffy; tumid; turgid

Context examples:

hungry children with bloated stomachs / he had a grossly distended stomach / eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids / swollen hands / tumescent tissue / puffy tumid flesh

Similar:

unhealthy (not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Abnormally expanded or increased in size; ('swollen' is sometimes used in combination)

Synonyms:

distended; swollen

Context examples:

distended wineskins / the need to clean out swollen inventories / the raisins were plump and soft and swollen from being soaked / huge blood-swollen mosquitoes

Similar:

expanded (increased in extent or size or bulk or scope)

Domain usage:

combining form (a bound form used only in compounds)

"Starve a fever, feed a cold."
(English proverb)
"Beware of the man who does not talk, and the dog that does not bark."
(Native American proverb, Cheyenne)
"The remedy is worse than the desease."
(Catalan proverb)
"Stretch your legs as far as your quilt goes."
(Egyptian proverb)

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