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bloating

The correct spelling is bloating.

How to pronounce bloating

verb

IPA: /ˈbləʊtɪŋ/

Say it like: Bloa-tin-g

The correct spelling is bloating. To cause to become distended. For example: "bloated herring"

Usage Examples

bloated herring

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To cause to become distended.
  2. 2.(veterinary medicine) to get an overdistended rumen, talking of a ruminant.
  3. 3.To fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell.
  4. 4.To become distended; to swell up.
  5. 5.To fill with vanity or conceit.

noun

  1. 1.A bloated condition; distention.

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