bloats

Definition of bloatsnext
present tense third-person singular of bloat

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloats
Verb
  • The campers swim in the animosity that drenches the airwaves and cyberspaces around them.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
  • On Girl Violence, Strauss drenches her songs in feedback and languor, adding heat to her expressions of desire and comfort to her feelings of anxiety.
    Maura Johnston, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Those missions are especially timely, given Chicago's unhoused population floods the system for shelter for a place to stay warm when temperatures plummet.
    Tara Molina, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The structure floods the retina with sugar to fuel its anaerobic engine and rapidly vacuums out lactate waste, preventing the build-up of toxic byproducts in the bloodless eye.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Live music fills multiple stages.
    Audrey T. Williams, Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Saying yes to work that fills time but drains energy is a financial choice, whether it's labeled that way or not.
    Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • In one video Pretti appears to intervene after an agent shoves a person.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 25 Jan. 2026
  • The same officer shoves Pretti in his chest, leading Pretti and the other protester to stumble backward.
    Hannah Fingerhut, Twin Cities, 25 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • And the carne asada fries loads shredded cheese and carne asada onto a bed of french fries, topped with two salsas, sour cream, cilantro and onions.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Attackers can hide instructions inside that address and make Copilot execute them as soon as the page loads.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Jo Brand squashes one of hers, David Baddiel tries to eat his, while Rose Matafeo and Ed Gamble rip theirs to shreds and Katy Wix overestimates the naturalism of holding a hard hat under one arm for an extended period of time.
    Matthew Jackson, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Bloats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloats. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.

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