bloats

verb

present tense third-person singular of bloat
as in bulks

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloats
  1. drenches
  2. floods
  3. fills
  4. shoves
  5. loads
  6. swamps
  7. squashes
Verb
  • Le Creuset modeled the color after stone château rooftops and the morning mist that drenches the countryside in a gentle gray hue.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Aug. 2026
  • This outdoor garden pod has a floor-to-ceiling window that drenches the entire space in natural light.
    — Rylee Johnston, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
Definition of drenches
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  • The rabbit does not control the rain that floods its burrow or the drought that kills its food.
    — Chris Lee, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The camera moves constantly and visual information — lights, split screens, colors, sounds, movement — floods the viewer.
    — William Earl, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of floods
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  • Hotels turn to down-alternative fills like microfiber for similar plushness without the feathers.
    — Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Sign Up for Our Free Daily Newsletter The distinct, earthy smell that fills the air after rain following a long dry spell can trigger some serious nostalgia.
    — Gregory Wakeman, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of fills
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  • Instead, Iñárritu shoves in a limp subplot about a missing daughter to humanize him.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Taege shoves Maulson, who is handcuffed, and Maulson falls to the pavement, hitting his head.
    — Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of shoves
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  • When your site loads quickly, visitors may stay longer, browse more and be more likely to convert.
    — Anthony Savino, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The main sleeper pod packs down small to store easily at home, then loads neatly into small and midsize vans only to burst out the tailgate at camp and create an instant bedroom.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of loads
Verb
  • Though the darkness of the material never swamps the comedy, a balance McGee calibrated deliberately — less interested in the whodunit than in the women fumbling through it.
    — Kennedy French, Variety, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The repairs should keep water from damaging the telescope, as cold, wet and windy weather arrives and swamps the Bay Area into next week, potentially bringing snow to Mount Hamilton.
    — Joaquin Palomino, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Feb. 2026
Definition of swamps
Verb
  • Designed to cut down on bulk, these cubes use a handy zipper system that squashes down the clothing inside each cube.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Luckily, this deal squashes that qualm by knocking over $300 from the sticker shocker!
    — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 6 July 2026
Definition of squashes
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“Bloats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloats. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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