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bloated

/ˈbloʊtɪd/ · verb

Meaning

  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.
  7. Swollen with fluid or gas.
  8. Excessively or extremely large or wealthy.
  9. (of software) Excessively overloaded with features, known as bloatware.
  10. (of food) Slightly salted and lightly smoked (as in bloated herring).

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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