bloat
Short definition from Wiktionary
Verb
- To cause to become distended.
- To get an overdistended rumen, talking of a ruminant.
- To fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell.
- To become distended; to swell up.
- To fill with vanity or conceit.
- To preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking.
- To increase to an excessive amount.
Noun
- Distention of the abdomen from death.
- Pathological overdistention of rumen with gas in a ruminant.
- Wasteful use of space or other resources.
- A worthless, dissipated fellow.
- A group of hippopotamuses.
Adjective
- bloated.
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