Painted vases are about all that remains of Greek painting. Pottery making was a large industry in Greece, especially in Athens. Containers were in great demand for exports, such as oil and honey, and for household purposes. The earliest style of vase painting was known as the geometric style (1100-700 B.C.).
transitive verb. 1 : extend the main outlines of the land yet lay clearly distended before them â Norman Douglas. 2 : to enlarge from internal pressure : swell a distended abdomen. intransitive verb. : to become expanded causing the stomach to distend.
It may refer to: 1  Abdominal distension, typically a symptom of an underlying disease or dysfunction in the body, rather than an illness in its own right.  Gastric distension, bloating of the stomach when air is pumped into it, as in a medical procedure.