The Only Use
distend
in
Lord of the Flies
(Edited)
- Other boys were appearing now, tiny tots some of them, brown, with the distended bellies of small savages.
p. 201.5distended = swollen
Definitions:
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(1)
(distend) to extend -- especially the swelling outward of a part of the body; e.g., the stomach
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)