Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bloat

2 senses of bloat

Sense 1
bloat -- (become bloated or swollen or puff up; "The dead man's stomach was bloated")
       => swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce -- (expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling")

Sense 2
bloat -- (make bloated or swollen; "Hunger bloated the child's belly")
       => swell -- (cause to become swollen; "The water swells the wood")