to expand or distend, as with air, water, etc.; cause to swell

Overeating bloated their bellies.

to puff up; make vain or conceited

The promotion has bloated his ego to an alarming degree.

to cure (fishes) as bloaters.

to become swollen; be puffed out or dilated

The carcass started to bloat.

Also called hoven. Veterinary Pathology . (in cattle, sheep, and horses) a distention of the rumen or paunch or of the large colon by gases of fermentation, caused by eating ravenously of green forage, esp. legumes.

a person or thing that is bloated.

bloater ( defs. 1, 2 ) .

verb

deflate , shrink , shrivel , tighten

verb

balloon , belly , bilge , billow , dilate , distend , enlarge , expand , inflate , puff up , swell , puffy