bloat /blōt/

1. To swell or puff out
2. To dry (fish) partially by smoke

To swell or grow turgid

1. The cattle and sheep disease hoove (also bloatˈing)
2. Bloatedness
3. A drunkard

Puffed up, swollen, esp with self-indulgence

bloatˈed adjective

1. Having been bloated
2. Swollen (often as a result of gluttony)
3. Swollen with riches (figurative)

bloatˈedness noun

bloatˈer noun

A herring partially dried in smoke, esp at Yarmouth

bloatˈware noun (comput sl)

Software with more facilities than most users need, making correspondingly large demands on system resources

bloated capitalists

A political catchphrase used by Marxists and other socialists (and also (joc) by others) to describe the ruling or managerial class

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