"bloat" meaning in English

See bloat in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bləʊt/ [UK], /bloʊt/ [US] Audio: en-au-bloat.ogg [Australia] Forms: bloat [singular], bloats [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Bloat is a disease that is caused by gas collecting in the stomach.
    Sense id: simple-bloat-en-noun-5kBfG45C
  2. Bloat is continuing unwanted growth.
    Sense id: simple-bloat-en-noun-zfqq969G

Verb

IPA: /bləʊt/ [UK], /bloʊt/ [US] Audio: en-au-bloat.ogg [Australia] Forms: bloat [canonical], bloats [third-person, singular], bloated [past], bloated [past, participle], bloating [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If a living thing bloats, it gets bigger, usually because of more and more gas inside it.
    Sense id: simple-bloat-en-verb-FX6aoAGK
  2. If something bloats it gets bigger in an unwanted way.
    Sense id: simple-bloat-en-verb-8wriFYRY
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          "text": "The dog lay dead and bloating beside the road."
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          "text": "Often a 5 megabyte program will bloat into 50 megabytes."
        }
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