Distention of the abdomen from death.

(veterinary medicine) Pathological overdistention of rumen with gas in a ruminant.

(figurative) Wasteful use of space or other resources.

(derogatory, slang, dated) A worthless, dissipated fellow.

To cause to become distended.

(intransitive, veterinary medicine) To get an overdistended rumen, talking of a ruminant.

To fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell.

(intransitive) To become distended; to swell up.

To fill with vanity or conceit.

(dated) To preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking.

To increase to an excessive amount.

(obsolete) bloated.