About The Word Bloat
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Bloat
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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}. |
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