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1. Swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas

1. Become bloated or swollen or puff up
   "The dead man's stomach was bloated"
    
2. Make bloated or swollen
   "Hunger bloated the child's belly"
    
3. Preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking
    
4. Become over-large and cumbersome
   "software bloated with features that many people never use"

Derived forms: bloats, bloated, bloating

Type of: intumesce, lump, puffiness, swell, swell up, swelling, tumefy, tumesce

Encyclopedia: Bloat