gonfler — meaning in English

English meaning

• bloat verb To swell up, especially with gas or fluid.
• inflate verb To fill something with air or gas so that it expands.
• swell verb To grow bigger, especially by filling with fluid or gas.

Senses

gonfler is used for these senses in English:

• bloat (intransitive, veterinary medicine) To get an overdistended rumen, talking of a ruminant.
• bloat To fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell.
• blow up (transitive, dated) To inflate, as with pride, self-conceit, etc.; to puff up.
• blow up (intransitive, of a storm) To begin; to gather; to form.
• inflate (transitive) To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally
• inflate (intransitive) To enlarge by filling with air (or a gas).
• puff up (transitive) To inflate with air.
• pump up (transitive) To inflate by means of a pump.

bloat — full definition

1. verb To swell up, especially with gas or fluid.
2. verb To fill something with unnecessary bulk or excess.
3. noun A swollen, uncomfortable feeling in the stomach, or unnecessary excess in something.

inflate — full definition

1. verb To fill something with air or gas so that it expands.
2. verb To increase something, such as a price or figure, beyond its real or reasonable level.

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