1. [verb] To cause to become distended
2. [verb] To fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell
3. [verb] (intransitive) to become distended; to swell up
4. [verb] To fill with vanity or conceit
5. [verb] To preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking
6. [noun] Distention of the abdomen from death
7. [noun] (figurative) wasteful use of space
8. [noun] (derogatory) (slang) (dated) A worthless, dissipated fellow.
9. [adjective] (obsolete) bloated
10. [noun] Swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas.
11. [verb] Become bloated or swollen or puff up; 'The dead man's stomach was bloated'.
12. [verb] Make bloated or swollen; 'Hunger bloated the child's belly'.
