Sekirov Dictionary

bloat

UK /bləʊt/US /bloʊt/

verb 7
noun 5
adjective 1
forms 5

verb7

To cause to become distended.
To get an overdistended rumen, talking of a ruminant.
To fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell.
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To become distended; to swell up.
- if a Person of a firm Constitution begins to bloat, and from being warm grows cold, his Fibres grow weak, Anxiety and Palpitations of the Heart are a sign of weak Fibres — 1731
To increase to an excessive amount.
To fill with vanity or conceit.
(old-fashioned) To preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking.

noun5

Distention of the abdomen from death.
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(figurative) Wasteful use of space or other resources.
- Adding an e-mail feature to this simple text editor would be pointless bloat.
Pathological overdistention of rumen with gas in a ruminant.
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A group of hippopotamuses.
- A group of hippos is called a bloat. — 2019
(slang, offensive) A worthless, dissipated fellow.

adjective1

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(no longer used) bloated.
- Let the bloat king tempt you again to bed — 1602

forms

bloated · bloating · bloats · more bloat · most bloat

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