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Bloat Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Bloat? [n] swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas [v] become bloated or swollen or puff up; "The dead man's stomach was bloated" [v] make bloated or swollen; "Hunger bloated the child's belly" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Bloat: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Bloat: accrue \| accumulate \| add to \| advance \| aggrandize \| amplify \| appreciate \| augment \| balloon \| bloatedness \| bloating \| blotter \| blow up \| blowing up \| boom \| boozehound \| boozer \| breaking point \| breed \| broaden \| build \| build up \| bulk \| bulk out \| crescendo \| develop \| diastole \| dilatation \| dilate \| dilation \| distend \| distension \| dropsy \| drunk \| edema \| enlarge \| expand \| extend \| extreme tension \| fill out \| flatulence \| flatulency \| flatus \| gain \| gain strength \| gassiness \| get ahead \| go up \| greaten \| grow \| guzzler \| hike \| hike up \| huff \| increase \| inebriate \| inflate \| inflation \| intensify \| intumescence \| lush \| magnify \| meteorism \| mount \| multiply \| overdistension \| overdrawing \| overexpansion \| overextension \| overstrain \| overstraining \| overstretching \| proliferate \| puff \| puff up \| puffiness \| puffing \| pump \| pump up \| raise \| rarefy \| rise \| run up \| shoot up \| snapping point \| snowball \| soak \| sot \| sponge \| spread \| strain \| straining \| strengthen \| stretch \| stretching \| sufflate \| swell \| swellage \| swelling \| swollenness \| tension \| tippler \| tumefaction \| tumefy \| tumescence \| tumidity \| tumidness \| turgescence \| turgidity \| turgidness \| tympanism \| tympany \| up \| wax \| widen \| windiness See Also \| bloat \| intumesce \| lump \| puffiness \| swell \| swell up \| swelling \| tumefy Bloat In Webster's Dictionary \Bloat\ (bl[=o]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bloated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bloating}.] [Cf. Icel. blotna to become soft, blautr soft, wet, Sw. bl["o]t soft, bl["o]ta to soak; akin to G. bloss bare, and AS. ble['a]t 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. To grow turgid as by effusion of liquid in the cellular tissue; to puff out; to swell. --Arbuthnot. \Bloat\, a. Bloated. [R.] --Shak. \Bloat\, n. A term of contempt for a worthless, dissipated fellow. [Slang] \Bloat\, v. t. To dry (herrings) in smoke. See {Blote}.

Bloat Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bloat?

[n] swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas
[v] become bloated or swollen or puff up; "The dead man's stomach was bloated"
[v] make bloated or swollen; "Hunger bloated the child's belly"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bloat:

Bloat In Webster's Dictionary

\Bloat\ (bl[=o]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bloated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Bloating}.] [Cf. Icel. blotna to become soft, blautr
soft, wet, Sw. bl["o]t soft, bl["o]ta to soak; akin to G.
bloss bare, and AS. ble['a]t 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.
To grow turgid as by effusion of liquid in the cellular
tissue; to puff out; to swell. --Arbuthnot.


\Bloat\, a.
Bloated. [R.] --Shak.


\Bloat\, n.
A term of contempt for a worthless, dissipated fellow.
[Slang]


\Bloat\, v. t.
To dry (herrings) in smoke. See {Blote}.

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