bloated
part of speech
adjective (bloated); verb, past form of bloat
meaning for a pupil
1) Swollen and bigger than normal because of air, gas or liquid. tree →
2) Feeling uncomfortably full after eating or drinking. tree →
3) Too big, with too much in it (a bloated budget, bloated software). tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life after a big Christmas dinner people say «I feel bloated». In stories, a bloated body or toad is swollen and ugly. In news, a «bloated government» means too big and wasteful.
examples
- I feel so bloated after that pizza. tree →
- A bloated frog sat on the lily pad. tree →
- The dog looked bloated, so we took it to the vet. tree →
- The game is bloated with adverts. tree →
- My stomach felt bloated after the fizzy drink. tree →
- He was like a tub that could never get full; he snored like a whole sty of pigs, and he looked red and bloated. tree →
note
Often after «feel» or «look». A sudden, very bloated, hard tummy in a dog is an emergency for the vet.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «bloated» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.