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Definition of bloat verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

bloat

verb

NAmE//bloʊt//

[transitive, intransitive] bloat somethingVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they bloat

he / she / it bloats

past simple bloated

-ing form bloating

to swell or make something swell, especially in an unpleasant way Her features had been bloated by years of drinking.

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