bloats

Expands with gas

Bloats is the verb form of bloat, meaning to swell or puff up, typically from gas, fluid, or excess: The body bloats in the heat.

Software bloats when loaded with unnecessary features.

As a noun, bloats refers to multiple instances of bloating or, in veterinary contexts, a dangerous digestive condition in cattle and dogs where the stomach distends with gas.

swelling

distend

Enlarge by pressure within

expand · balloon · inflate · bulge · engorge · protrude · turgid · tumescent · puffy · swollen

digestive

gas

Formless, expanding substance

intestines · abdominal · gastrointestinal · cramps · discomfort · fullness · pressure · gurgling · rumbling · belly

overeating

gorging

Eating greedily, excessively

binging · excess · feasting · surfeit · satiation · fullness · food coma · heavy · uncomfortable · portion

software

bloatware

Unwanted preinstalled software

memory · resources · codebase · feature creep · lag · slow · unnecessary · excessive · unoptimized · bulk

inflation

inflated

Expanded with gas

costs · prices · budget · spending · expansion · escalation · surge · increase · overextended · unsustainable

Opposites
size change

bloatsshrinks

Decreases in size

contracts · deflates · compresses · shrivels · diminishes

inflation/distension

bloatsdeflates

Releases air from

flattens · empties · drains · releases · subsides

excess vs. efficiency

bloatsstreamlines

Makes more efficient

trims · slims · optimizes · economizes · tightens

Phrases
Family

bloated, bloat, bloating, bloatedness, bloater, bloaters, debloat, debloating

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G