bloats
/bləʊts//bloʊts/
noun
- 1
Distention of the abdomen from death.
- 2
Pathological overdistention of rumen with gas in a ruminant.
- 3
Wasteful use of space or other resources.
“Adding an e-mail feature to this simple text editor would be pointless bloat.”
- 4
A worthless, dissipated fellow.
Synonyms
verb
- 1
To cause to become distended.
- 2
(veterinary medicine) to get an overdistended rumen, talking of a ruminant.
- 3
To fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell.
- 4
To become distended; to swell up.
- 5
To fill with vanity or conceit.
- 6
To preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking.
“bloated herring”
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