BLOATED

Verb

bloated

simple past tense and past participle of bloat

Adjective

bloated (comparative more bloated, superlative most bloated)

Swollen with fluid or gas.

Excessively or extremely large or wealthy.

(computing, of software) Excessively overloaded with features, known as bloatware.

(of food) Slightly salted and lightly smoked (as in bloated herring).

Anagrams

• debloat, lobated

Source: Wiktionary


Bloat"ed, p. a.

Definition: Distended beyond the natural or usual size, as by the presence of water, serum, etc.; turgid; swollen; as, a bloated face. Also, puffed up with pride; pompous.

BLOAT

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



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