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Rarebloat
The correct spelling is bloat.
How to pronounce bloat
/bləʊt/
nounIPA: /bləʊt/
Say it like: Bloa-t
The correct spelling is bloat. Distention of the abdomen from death. For example: "Adding an e-mail feature to this simple text editor would be pointless bloat."
Usage Examples
“Adding an e-mail feature to this simple text editor would be pointless bloat.”
“bloated herring”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Distention of the abdomen from death.
- 2.Pathological overdistention of rumen with gas in a ruminant.
- 3.Wasteful use of space or other resources.
- 4.A worthless, dissipated fellow.
verb
- 1.To cause to become distended.
- 2.(veterinary medicine) to get an overdistended rumen, talking of a ruminant.
- 3.To fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell.
- 4.To become distended; to swell up.
- 5.To fill with vanity or conceit.
adjective
- 1.Bloated.
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