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bloated
bloat‧ed/ˈbləʊtəd, ˈbləʊtɪd $ ˈbloʊ-/ adjective [date : 1600-1700; Origin : bloat 'to swell' (17-21 centuries), from bloat 'swollen' (17-19 centuries), perhaps from Old Norse blautr 'soft, swollen with liquid'] 1. full 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.
2. if you describe an organization as bloated, you mean that it is too big and does not work effectively: ▪ the bloated state bureaucracy
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ 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 EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ 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.
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