All 3 Uses of
distend
in
Journey to the Center of the Earth - trnsl by M - 45 chptrs
- The fact is, that during the course of his lectures at the Johannaeum, the Professor often came to a complete standstill; he fought with wilful words that refused to pass his struggling lips, such words as resist and distend the cheeks, and at last break out into the unasked-for shape of a round and most unscientific oath: then his fury would gradually abate.†
Chpt 1
- "Now I'll read it," I cried, after having well distended my lungs with air.
Chpt 4 *distended = extended
- Hence then the volcano would distend and lift up the crust, and then burst through a crater suddenly formed at the summit or thinnest part of the volcano.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(distend) to extend -- especially the swelling outward of a part of the body; e.g., the stomach