Unbloat

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To relieve the bloatedness of. transitive

    "When we came back in the evening she would be bitter and spiteful and get bloated on purpose, and Cal and I would have to run her up and down until long after dark to unbloat her."

  2. 2
    To cease being bloated. intransitive

    "Now, the unbearable heat broken, awnings unbloat, locusts crank up their battery-green volts and I climb the stairs"

Example

More examples

"When we came back in the evening she would be bitter and spiteful and get bloated on purpose, and Cal and I would have to run her up and down until long after dark to unbloat her."

Etymology

From un- + bloat.

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