bloats

Distention of the abdomen from death.

Pathological overdistention of rumen with gas in a ruminant.

Wasteful use of space or other resources.

“Adding an e-mail feature to this simple text editor would be pointless bloat.”

A worthless, dissipated fellow.

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.

“bloated herring”