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bloat
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- pronunciation:
- blot
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Explorer
part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
bloats, bloating, bloated |
definition 1: |
to make swollen or distended, as with air or water.
Fluid bloated her belly and gathered around her heart.
- synonyms:
- distend, inflate, puff, swell
- similar words:
- bulge, enlarge, expand, stretch
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definition 2: |
to inflate with feelings of vanity or pride.
Success bloated his ego.- synonyms:
- inflate, swell
- similar words:
- enlarge, expand, stretch
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related words: |
aggrandize, bag, belly, exaggerate, inflate |
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part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
definition: |
to become puffed up; swell.
- synonyms:
- distend, inflate, puff, swell
- similar words:
- balloon, dilate, enlarge, expand, stretch
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related words: |
bulge, swell |
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part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
a disease of sheep and cattle characterized by swelling of the abdomen because of gas.
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definition 2: |
someone or something that is bloated.
- similar words:
- excess, surfeit, surplus
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derivation: |
bloated (adj.) |
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