bloat vs shorten

bloat

noun
  • Pathological overdistention of rumen with gas in a ruminant. 

  • Distention of the abdomen from death. 

  • Wasteful use of space or other resources. 

verb
  • To get an overdistended rumen, talking of a ruminant. 

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

  • To fill with vanity or conceit. 

  • To preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking. 

  • To cause to become distended. 

  • To become distended; to swell up. 

  • To increase to an excessive amount. 

shorten

verb
  • To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen. 

  • To take in the slack of (a rope). 

  • To reduce (sail) by taking it in. 

  • To become shorter. 

  • To make shorter; to abbreviate. 

  • To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, etc. 

  • To make deficient (as to); to deprive (of). 

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