(intransitive, veterinary medicine) To get an overdistended rumen, talking of a ruminant.
1675, John Dryden, Prologue to Circe by Dr. Davenant
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To cause to become distended.
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To fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell.
: Encourage him, and bloat him up with Praise
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