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# bloat

verb (bloat, bloats, bloated, bloating); noun (bloat, uncountable)

«bloat» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To swell up and become bigger than normal, usually with air, gas or liquid. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloat/#m1)
2. (noun) A swollen feeling in the stomach, or a disease of cows and sheep when their stomachs fill with gas. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloat/#m2)
3. (computing, informal) Too much extra stuff making something big and slow, as in software bloat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloat/#m3)

### In the lessons

In health and everyday life, eating too fast or drinking fizzy drinks can bloat your tummy. In computing, «bloatware» slows a phone down. In stories, «bloated» describes something swollen and unpleasant.

### Examples

- Fizzy drinks make my tummy bloat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloat/#x1)
- Cows can get bloat if they eat too much wet clover. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloat/#x2)
- The dead fish had bloated in the water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloat/#x3)
- Too many apps cause bloat on your phone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloat/#x4)
- Beans sometimes make people feel bloated. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloat/#x5)

### Note

More common as the adjective «bloated». Regular verb.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bloat» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bloat/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bloat» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bloat.html) on Mova free.