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Bloat

/bləʊt/

Distention of the abdomen from death.

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noun
  1. 1

    Distention of the abdomen from death.

  2. 2

    Pathological overdistention of rumen with gas in a ruminant.

  3. 3

    Wasteful use of space or other resources.

    "Adding an e-mail feature to this simple text editor would be pointless bloat."

  4. 4

    A worthless, dissipated fellow.

verb
  1. 1

    To cause to become distended.

  2. 2

    (veterinary medicine) to get an overdistended rumen, talking of a ruminant.

  3. 3

    To fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell.

  4. 4

    To become distended; to swell up.

adjective
  1. 1

    Bloated.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Bloat"

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WordDefinition
distendedExtended or expanded, as from internal pressure; swollen.
tumescentSwollen or distended with fluid, as of erectile tissue.
tumidSwollen, enlarged, bulging.
swollenProtuberant or abnormally distended (as by injury or disease).
puffedInflated or swollen.
puffySwollen or inflated in shape, as if filled with air; pillow-like.
unhealthycharacterized by, or conducive to poor health
frothynounFoamy or churned to the point of becoming infused with bubbles.
puffnoun(countable) A small quantity of gas or smoke in the air.
bladdernoun(anatomy) Specifically, the urinary bladder.
engorgeverb(transitive) To devour something greedily, gorge, glut.
swellnounThe act of swelling; increase in size.
inflateverb(transitive) To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally
hyperinflateverb(economics, transitive) To subject to hyperinflation.
poochnoun(slang) A dog.
overswellverb(ambitransitive) To swell or rise above (something, especially the rim of a container, the sides of something hollow, etc.).
extuberateverb(obsolete) To swell out.
outbulgeverbTo bulge outward.
overstretchnounThe act of stretching something too far or beyond available resources.
overexpandverbTo expand to an excessive or unwise degree

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