bloat

  1. Verb.  to cause to become distended.
  2. Verb.  to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell.
  3. Verb.  to fill with vanity or conceit.
  4. Verb.  to preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking, (as in bloated herring).
  5. Noun.  distention of the abdomen from death.

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