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How to pronounce “bloat”

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Pronunciation guide for bloat

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of bloat with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Dignity isn't a privilege. It's a worker's righteven as the wealthy saw their net worths bloat to unprecedented,
Definition summary: To cause to become distended.

Example 1 of 8

Dignity isn't a privilege. It's a worker's right

even as the wealthy saw their net worths bloat to unprecedented,

[Verb]
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.
[Noun]
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.
(collective) A group of hippopotamuses.
[Adjective]
(obsolete) bloated.

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