verb
bloat
bloht
verb
1
To swell up, especially with gas or fluid.
"Eating too fast can make your stomach bloat."
2
To fill something with unnecessary bulk or excess.
"Years of extra features had bloated the software."
noun
1
A swollen, uncomfortable feeling in the stomach, or unnecessary excess in something.
"She felt bloat after the big meal."
"The report was full of bureaucratic bloat."
How to Use Bloat
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishTo swell up (usually the stomach), or to become needlessly bulky and overloaded.
Common pairings
stomach bloat
software bloat
bureaucratic bloat
Word Forms
more bloat comparative, bloated past tense, bloats plural, bloats singular, most bloat superlative
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Etymology
From Old Norse blautr meaning "soft," related to words for something soft or swollen.