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Bloat
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Bloat has 1 sense
- bloat(n = noun.state) Array - swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas; Array is a kind of lump, puffiness, swelling
Derived forms verb bloat1, verb bloat2
Verb Bloat has 2 senses
- bloat(v = verb.change) Array - become bloated or swollen or puff up; "The dead man's stomach was bloated" is one way to intumesce, swell, swell up, tumefy, tumesce
- bloat(v = verb.change) Array - make bloated or swollen; "Hunger bloated the child's belly" is one way to swell
Derived form noun bloat1
Sample sentence:
Did his feet Bloat?
Derived form noun bloat1
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
Bloat, v. t. [Cf. Icel. blotna to become soft, blautr soft, wet, Sw. blöt soft, blöta to soak; akin to G. bloss bare, and AS. bleát wretched; or perh. fr. root of Eng. 5th blow. Cf. Blote.].
- To make turgid, as with water or air; to cause a swelling of the surface of, from effusion of serum in the cellular tissue, producing a morbid enlargement, often accompanied with softness. [1913 Webster]
- To inflate; to puff up; to make vain. Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Bloat, v. i.
To grow turgid as by effusion of liquid in the cellular tissue; to puff out; to swell. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
Bloat, a.
Bloated. Shak. [1913 Webster]
Bloat, n.
A term of contempt for a worthless, dissipated fellow. [1913 Webster]
Bloat, v. t.
To dry (herrings) in smoke. See Blote. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Bloat, v.
1 tr. & intr. inflate, swell (wind bloated the sheets; bloated with gas).
2 tr. (as bloated adj.) a swollen, puffed. b puffed up with pride or excessive wealth (bloated plutocrat).
3 tr. cure (a herring) by salting and smoking lightly.
1 tr. & intr. inflate, swell (wind bloated the sheets; bloated with gas).
2 tr. (as bloated adj.) a swollen, puffed. b puffed up with pride or excessive wealth (bloated plutocrat).
3 tr. cure (a herring) by salting and smoking lightly.
Etymology
obs. bloat swollen, soft and wet, perh. f. ON blautr soaked, flabby
THESAURUS
Bloat
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