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bloat

[bloht]

verb (used with object)

  1. to expand or distend, as with air, water, etc.; cause to swell.

    Overeating bloated their bellies.

    Synonyms: , , , , ,
  2. to puff up; make vain or conceited.

    The promotion has bloated his ego to an alarming degree.

  3. to cure (fishes) as bloaters.



verb (used without object)

  1. to become swollen; be puffed out or dilated.

    The carcass started to bloat.

noun

  1. Also called hoven.Veterinary Pathology.(in cattle, sheep, and horses) a distention of the rumen or paunch or of the large colon by gases of fermentation, caused by eating ravenously of green forage, especially legumes.

  2. a person or thing that is bloated.

  3. bloater.

bloat

/ əʊ /

verb

  1. to swell or cause to swell, as with a liquid, air, or wind

  2. to become or cause to be puffed up, as with conceit

  3. (tr) to cure (fish, esp herring) by half-drying in smoke

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. vet science an abnormal distention of the abdomen in cattle, sheep, etc, caused by accumulation of gas in the stomach

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of bloat1

First recorded in 1250–1300; earlier bloat (adjective) “soft, puffy,” Middle English blout, from Old Norse blautr “wet, soft”
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of bloat1

C17: probably related to Old Norse blautr soaked, Old English pale
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Nasa's critics say that since then the space agency has become a bloated, unfocussed bureaucracy which routinely goes massively over budget in its space missions and wastes taxpayer's money.

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For 130 days, tech billionaire Elon Musk was a "special government employee" working inside the Trump administration to slash what he said were wasteful government programmes and bloated departments.

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Then in February, an executive order from Trump tasked DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency, with “eliminating waste, bloat and insularity” in federal agencies.

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Cysts are common and can often be harmless and cause little to no discomfort, but larger cysts can bring about symptoms including pelvic pain, abdominal pressure and bloating, according to the Mayo Clinic.

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The Labour government has set out a number of reforms to shrink the size of the civil service, which ministers believe is bloated and inefficient.

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