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bloat
[ bloht ]
verb (used with object)
- to expand or distend, as with air, water, etc.; cause to swell:
Overeating bloated their bellies.
Synonyms: , , ,
- 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
bloat
/ əʊ /
verb
- to swell or cause to swell, as with a liquid, air, or wind
- to become or cause to be puffed up, as with conceit
- tr to cure (fish, esp herring) by half-drying in smoke
noun
- vet science an abnormal distention of the abdomen in cattle, sheep, etc, caused by accumulation of gas in the stomach
Word History and Origins
Origin of bloat1
Word History and Origins
Origin of bloat1
Example Sentences
To Musk's untrained eye, the staff of SSA represents something different: bureaucratic bloat.
But as I reread my words, they felt bloated and uncharacteristically formal, the kind of thing I might write if I were trying to impress someone rather than just connect.
They think claims of bureaucratic bloat and misspent tax dollars are legit across all levels of government, and he noted that in California, undocumented immigrants qualify for Medi-Cal.
However, in the short term, we know for a fact that Liberation Day will hurt farmers, burden consumers and further bloat the budget deficit — all oh-so-misleadingly in the name of “America First.”
A bloated mafia petro-state where one man decides everything, where bureaucrats and siloviki gorge themselves on stolen wealth, where the government doesn’t shrink but suffocates everything beneath it.
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