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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bloat (blōt),USA pronunciation v.t. - to expand or distend, as with air, water, etc.;
cause to swell:Overeating bloated their bellies. - to puff up;
make vain or conceited:The promotion has bloated his ego to an alarming degree. - to cure (fishes) as bloaters.
v.i. - to become swollen;
be puffed out or dilated:The carcass started to bloat.
n. - Veterinary DiseasesAlso called hoven. (in cattle, sheep, and horses) a distention of the rumen or paunch or of the large colon by gases of fermentation, caused by eating ravenously of green forage, esp. legumes.
- a person or thing that is bloated.
- bloater (defs. 1, 2).
- Old Norse blautr wet, soft
- earlier bloat (adjective, adjectival) soft, puffy, Middle English blout 1250–1300
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged swell, inflate, enlarge, balloon.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: bloat /bləʊt/ vb - to swell or cause to swell, as with a liquid, air, or wind
- to become or cause to be puffed up, as with conceit
- (transitive) to cure (fish, esp herring) by half-drying in smoke
Etymology: 17th Century: probably related to Old Norse blautr soaked, Old English blāt pale |