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   bloat

   /bləʊt/

   verb

   • 1. make or become swollen with fluid or gas: "the fungus has bloated their abdomens"

   noun

   • 1. a disease of livestock characterized by an accumulation of gas in the stomach.

   Word Origin late 17th century: from obsolete bloat ‘swollen, soft’, perhaps from Old Norse blautr‘soft, flabby’.

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • B

     3

   • L

     1

   • O

     1

   • A

     1

   • T

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