Both Uses of
distend
in
The Bourne Supremacy
- China was changing, not fast enough for the West, and certainly it was still a paranoid giant, but withal, thought David Webb, the distended stomachs of children, so prevalent in the China of years ago, were disappearing.†
Chpt 15distended = extended or swollen
- Jason strained; the veins in the man's throat were distended to the point of bursting.†
Chpt 15 *
Definition:
to extend -- especially the swelling outward of a part of the body; e.g., the stomach