fra: gonfler

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Meaning
means	(verb) swell from or as if from internal pressure; "The distended bellies of the starving cows" distend
means	(verb) become inflated; "The sails ballooned" inflate, balloon, billow
means	(verb) become bloated or swollen or puff up; "The dead man's stomach was bloated" bloat
means	(verb) expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling" tumefy, tumesce, intumesce, swell, swell up
means	(verb) become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly" expand
means	(verb) to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"; "puffed out chests" blow up, puff up, puff out, puff
means	(verb) make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity; "expand the house by adding another wing" expand
means	(verb) fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons" blow up, inflate
means	(verb) cause to expand as it by internal pressure; "The gas distended the animal's body" distend
means	(verb) make bloated or swollen; "Hunger bloated the child's belly" bloat