bloating
/ˈbləʊtɪŋ/ · verb
Meaning
- To cause to become distended.
- (veterinary medicine) to get an overdistended rumen, talking of a ruminant.
- To fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell.
- To become distended; to swell up.
- To fill with vanity or conceit.
- To preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking.
- A bloated condition; distention.
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