Bloat

Verb

 * 1) to cause to become distended
 * 2) to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell
 * 3) to fill with vanity or conceit
 * 4) to preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking, (as in bloated herring).

Noun

 * 1) distention of the abdomen from death

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