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# distended

«distended» in Mova's school dictionary: **swollen and stretched out from inside, often by gas…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (distended); verb distend (distend, distends, distended, distending)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Distended means swollen and stretched out from inside, often by gas, liquid or food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distended/#m1)

2) (medicine) A distended belly or stomach is swollen, which can be a sign of illness or hunger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distended/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A medical and science word; doctors and nature books use it. In stories and news it can describe sick or starving people or animals, so it is a serious word. Phrases: distended belly, distended stomach, distended veins.

### examples

- After the huge feast the snake's body was distended. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distended/#x1)
- The vet checked the cow's distended stomach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distended/#x2)
- The balloon was distended until it nearly popped. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distended/#x3)
- The doctor said a distended tummy can mean trapped wind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distended/#x4)
- The photo showed hungry children with distended bellies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distended/#x5)
- The frog's throat was distended as it croaked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distended/#x6)

### note

Formal; everyday words are swollen, puffed up, bloated. Do not mix up with «distant» or «extended». The verb distend is rarer than the adjective.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «distended» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/distended/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.