Definition
bloats
verb
- to cause to swell or expand with fluid or gas
- to become swollen or expanded
noun
- a condition in livestock where the stomach becomes distended with gas
Usage: veterinary
Examples
- The dead fish bloats in the sun.
- Too much salt bloats my face.
- His stomach bloats after eating beans.
- The cow suffered from bloats after eating wet clover.
- Heat bloats the metal pipes.
- Her ankle bloats when she walks too much.