bloat

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Synonyms: float, blot, gloat, bleat, blat, boat, blort, sloat, blott, blout, bloak

Antonyms: float, blot, gloat, bleat, blat, boat, blort, sloat, blott, blout, bloak

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Verb

1. To cause to become [[distended]].
2. {{lb|en|intransitive|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. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To become distended; to swell up.
5. To fill with [[vanity]] or [[conceit]].
6. {{lb|en|dated}} To preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking.
7. To increase to an [[excessive]] amount.

Noun

1. [[distention|Distention]] of the abdomen from [[death]].
2. {{lb|en|veterinary medicine}} Pathological overdistention of [[rumen]] with gas in a [[ruminant]].
3. {{lb|en|figurative}} Wasteful use of [[space]] or other [[resource]]s.
4. {{lb|en|derogatory|slang|dated}} A worthless, dissipated fellow.
5. {{lb|en|collective}} A group of [[hippopotamus]]es.

Adjective

1. {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[bloated]].

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