bloat

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /bləʊt/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /bloʊt/

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Verb

Plain form bloat

Third-person singular bloats

Past tense bloated

Past participle bloated

Present participle bloating

1. (transitive & intransitive) If a living thing bloats, it gets bigger, usually because of more and more gas inside it.

   The dog lay dead and bloating beside the road.

2. (transitive & intransitive) If something bloats it gets bigger in an unwanted way.

   Often a 5 megabyte program will bloat into 50 megabytes.

Noun

Singular bloat

Plural bloats

1. (uncountable) Bloat is a disease that is caused by gas collecting in the stomach.
2. (uncountable) Bloat is continuing unwanted growth.