To cause to become distended. / (intransitive, veterinary medicine) To get an overdistended rumen, talking of a ruminant. / To fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell.

Distention of the abdomen from death. / (veterinary medicine) Pathological overdistention of rumen with gas in a ruminant. / (figuratively) Wasteful use of space or other resources.

(obsolete) bloated.

simple past tense and past participle of bloat

Swollen with fluid or gas. / Excessively or extremely large or wealthy. / (computing, of software) Excessively overloaded with features, like bloatware. / (of food) Slightly salted and lightly smoked.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bloat

plural of bloat

present participle of bloat

A bloated condition; distention.

plural of bloating