Definitions
1.nounDistention of the abdomen from death.
2.nounPathological overdistention of rumen with gas in a ruminant.
3.nounWasteful use of space or other resources."Adding an e-mail feature to this simple text editor would be pointless bloat."
4.nounA worthless, dissipated fellow.
5.verbTo cause to become distended.
6.verb(veterinary medicine) to get an overdistended rumen, talking of a ruminant.
7.verbTo fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell.
8.verbTo become distended; to swell up.
9.verbTo fill with vanity or conceit.
10.verbTo preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking."bloated herring"
11.adjectiveBloated.