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bloatedbloat‧ed /ˈbləʊtɪd $ ˈbloʊ-/ adjective bloatedOrigin: 1600-1700 bloat ‘to swell’ (17-21 centuries), from bloat ‘swollen’ (17-19 centuries), perhaps from Old Norse blautr ‘soft, swollen with liquid’ - bloated fish, floating in the river
- He fell onto the sofa, his stomach bloated with food.
- I feel really bloated. I wish I hadn't eaten so much.
- I felt so bloated after Thanksgiving dinner.
- the bloated government bureaucracy
- Even their baby is bloated, and wanting more.
- Gobbla, his hugely bloated and eternally hungry Cave Squig would feed well.
- It is a star in serious trouble, with bright bloated lobes of gas swelling off it, announcing its death throes.
- Once, before she was born, her father had found a curious bloated and boggle-eyed fish on the shore.
- Santa's first shock came from the tape measure - the Claus tum measured a bloated 47 inches.
- There, in the bloated stomach of that snake, Pula's story ended.
when you have eaten enough or too much food► have had enough to have eaten enough food, so that you do not want any more: · "Would you like some dessert?" "No thanks, I've had enough."· Leave the rest if you've had enough. ► be full spoken if you are full , you have eaten so much food that you cannot eat any more: · "Would you like some more pie?" "No thanks, I'm full." ► couldn't eat another thing you say I couldn't eat another thing when you have eaten a lot, especially because you enjoyed the food, and are very full: · The apple pie is delicious, but I won't have another slice - I couldn't eat another thing. ► bloated having eaten so much that your stomach feels very full and uncomfortable: · I feel really bloated. I wish I hadn't eaten so much.bloated with: · He fell onto the sofa, his stomach bloated with food. ► on a full stomach if you do something on a full stomach , you do it soon after eating a meal, when you are still feeling full: · It isn't wise to go swimming on a full stomach. 1full of liquid, gas, food etc, so that you look or feel much larger than normal: a red bloated face I feel really bloated after that meal.2if you describe an organization as bloated, you mean that it is too big and does not work effectively: the bloated state bureaucracy |