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1. Abnormally expanded, esp. by fluids or gas
   "hungry children with bloated stomachs";
   - puffy, intumescent, tumescent, tumid, turgid, distended, swollen

1. Become bloated, swollen or puff up
   "The dead man's stomach was bloated"
    
2. Make bloated or swollen
   "Hunger bloated the child's belly"
    
3. Become over-large and cumbersome
   "software bloated with features that many people never use"
    
4. Preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking

See also: unhealthy

Type of: intumesce, puff, swell, swell up, tumefy, tumesce

Encyclopedia: Bloated