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"Bloat" Definition

noun

A swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of cattle and domestic animals that is caused by excessive gas formation following fermentation of ingested watery legumes or green forage.
An excess or surfeit, as of employees, expenses, or procedures: corporate bloat.
One that is .
Unwarranted or excessive growth or enlargement .
Digestive disturbance of ruminant animals and especially cattle marked by accumulation of gas in one or more stomach compartments.

verb-intransitive

To become swollen or inflated: "Government had bloated out of control” ( Lance Morrow).

verb-transitive

To cause to swell up or inflate, as with liquid or gas.
To cure (fish) by soaking in brine and half-drying in smoke.

verb

To make turgid or swollen.
To cause abdominal distension in.
To fill to capacity or overflowing.

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