EGAVE

bloat

About 0.15 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To cause to become distended.
  2. verb To get an overdistended rumen, talking of a ruminant.
  3. verb To fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell.
  4. verb To become distended; to swell up.
  5. verb To fill with vanity or conceit.
  6. verb To preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking.
    bloated herring
  7. verb To increase to an excessive amount.
  8. noun Distention of the abdomen from death.

Similar words

distended tumescent tumid swollen puffed puffy unhealthy frothy puff bladder

Often followed by

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Word family

bloated bloating bloats

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