bloat
1 verb MED cause to swell TRANSITIVEat verb pasta bloats my stomach atann pasta mo bholg, líonann pasta mo bholg le gaoth 2 (also bloat up) verb MED swell with gas INTRANSITIVEat verb bodies bloat up in the sun atann coirp faoin ngrianShow full entry
3 verb cause to expand TRANSITIVEcuir le PhrV it'll only bloat the state bureaucracy ní dhéanfaidh sé ach cur le maorlathas an stáithe did it to bloat his own ego ar mhaithe lena ego féin a rinne sé é 4 verb expand INTRANSITIVEborr verb rófhairsingighthe deficit could bloat up to 700 million euro d'fhéadfadh an t-easnamh borradh chomh hard le 700 milliún eurodatabases have a tendency to bloat tá claonadh ag bunachair sonraí borradh 5 noun COMP undesirable expansionrófhairsingiú mascsoftware bloat rófhairsingiú bogearraí 6 noun VET animal diseaseboilg mpl1 the cattle are suffering from bloat tá boilg ar an eallach