Bloat

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Mục lục 1 Verb (used with object) 1.1 to expand or distend, as with air, water, etc.; cause to swell 1.2 to puff up; make vain or conceited 1.3 to cure (fishes) as bloaters. 2 Verb (used without object) 2.1 to become swollen; be puffed out or dilated 3 Noun 3.1 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, esp. legumes. 3.2 a person or thing that is bloated. 3.3 bloater ( defs. 1, 2 ) . 4 Antonyms 4.1 verb 5 Synonyms 5.1 verb

Verb (used with object)

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

Overeating bloated their bellies.

to puff up; make vain or conceited

The promotion has bloated his ego to an alarming degree.

to cure (fishes) as bloaters.

Verb (used without object)

to become swollen; be puffed out or dilated

The carcass started to bloat.

Noun

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, esp. legumes.

a person or thing that is bloated.

bloater ( defs. 1, 2 ) .

Antonyms

verb

deflate , shrink , shrivel , tighten

Synonyms

verb

balloon , belly , bilge , billow , dilate , distend , enlarge , expand , inflate , puff up , swell , puffy