BLOAT

bloat

(noun) swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas

bloat

(verb) become bloated or swollen or puff up; “The dead man’s stomach was bloated”

bloat

(verb) make bloated or swollen; “Hunger bloated the child’s belly”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

bloat (third-person singular simple present bloats, present participle bloating, simple past and past participle bloated)

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.

to preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking.

Noun

bloat (plural bloats)

Distention of the abdomen from death.

(veterinary medicine) Pathological overdistention of rumen with gas in a ruminant.

Synonym: ruminal tympany

(figurative) Wasteful use of space or other resources.

(derogatory, slang, dated) A worthless, dissipated fellow.

Adjective

bloat (comparative more bloat, superlative most bloat)

(obsolete) bloated.

Anagrams

• Balto-, Blato, balot

Source: Wiktionary

Bloat, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bloated; p. pr. & vb. n. Bloating.] Etym: [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.]

1. 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.

2. To inflate; to puff up; to make vain. Dryden.

Bloat, v. i.

Definition: To grow turgid as by effusion of liquid in the cellular tissue; to puff out; to swell. Arbuthnot.

Bloat, a.

Definition: Bloated. [R.] Shak.

Bloat, n.

Definition: A term of contempt for a worthless, dissipated fellow. [Slang]

Bloat, v. t.

Definition: To dry (herrings) in smoke. See Blote.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition