adj
Meaning 1
bloated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Standard Lemma guide
bloat
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /bləʊt/
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General-American: /bloʊt/
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CMU ARPABET: B L OW1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Distention of the abdomen from death.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
Pathological overdistention of rumen with gas in a ruminant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, pathology, sciences, veterinary, zoology
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Synonyms: ruminal tympany
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Wasteful use of space or other resources.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable
Examples
- Adding an e-mail feature to this simple text editor would be pointless bloat.
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noun
Meaning 5
A worthless, dissipated fellow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dated, derogatory, slang, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
A group of hippopotamuses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: collective, countable, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 7
To cause to become distended.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 8
To get an overdistended rumen, talking of a ruminant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, pathology, sciences, veterinary, zoology
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verb
Meaning 9
To fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 10
To become distended; to swell up.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 11
To fill with vanity or conceit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1675, John Dryden, Prologue to Circe by Dr. Davenant Encourage him, and bloat him up with Praise
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verb
Meaning 12
To preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Examples
- bloated herring
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verb
Meaning 13
To increase to an excessive amount.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 14
swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: swelling, puffiness, lump
verb
Meaning 15
become bloated or swollen or puff up
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The dead man's stomach was bloated
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce
verb
Meaning 16
make bloated or swollen
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Hunger bloated the child's belly
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: swell
Narrower terms: distend
History
Etymology
Perhaps from Middle English blot, blout (“soft; flexible; pliable”), from Old Norse blautr (“soft”). Akin to Danish blød, Dutch bloot (“nude”) and German bloß (“nude”).
Across languages
Translations
54 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: météorisme — overdistension of rumen
- French: tympanisme — overdistension of rumen
- German: Aufblähen — overdistension of rumen
- German: Tympanie — overdistension of rumen
- Spanish: hinchamiento — overdistension of rumen
- Walloon: boschetaedje — overdistension of rumen
- Walloon: gonflaedje — overdistension of rumen
- Bulgarian: подувам се (poduvam se) — to cause to become distended
- Bulgarian: подпухвам (podpuhvam) — to cause to become distended
- Dutch: zwellen — to cause to become distended
- Dutch: uitdeinen — to cause to become distended
- German: schwellen — to cause to become distended
- German: aufblasen — to cause to become distended
- German: aufblähen — to cause to become distended
- Italian: gonfiare — to cause to become distended
- Portuguese: inchar — to cause to become distended
- Sicilian: gunchiari — to cause to become distended
- Sicilian: vunchiari — to cause to become distended
- Sicilian: vunciari — to cause to become distended
- Spanish: hinchar — to cause to become distended
- Spanish: inflar — to cause to become distended
- Walloon: gonfler — to cause to become distended
- Arabic: نفخ (nfaḵ) — to get an overdistended rumen
- Esperanto: ŝveli — to get an overdistended rumen
- French: gonfler — to get an overdistended rumen
- French: météoriser — to get an overdistended rumen
- German: aufblähen — to get an overdistended rumen
- Italian: gonfiarsi — to get an overdistended rumen
- Sicilian: gunchiàrisi — to get an overdistended rumen
- Sicilian: vunchiàrisi — to get an overdistended rumen
- Sicilian: vunciàrisi — to get an overdistended rumen
- Tashelhit: ⵉⴱⵣⴳ (ibzg) — to get an overdistended rumen
- Walloon: boscheter — to get an overdistended rumen
- Walloon: gonfler — to get an overdistended rumen
- Arabic: نفخ (nfaḵ) — to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc
- Bulgarian: надувам (naduvam) — to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc
- Bulgarian: издувам (izduvam) — to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc
- Dutch: opblazen — to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc
- Dutch: volpompen — to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc
- French: gonfler — to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc
- French: bouffir — to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc
- French: boursoufler — to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc
- German: aufblasen — to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc
- Hungarian: duzzad — to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc
- Portuguese: encher — to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc
- Russian: надувать (naduvatʹ) — to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc
- Russian: раздувать (razduvatʹ) — to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc
- Scottish Gaelic: sèid — to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc
- Spanish: inflar — to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc
- Ottoman Turkish: شیشمك (şişmek) — to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc
- Ottoman Turkish: قبارمق (kabarmak) — to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc
- Walloon: gonfler — to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc
- Bulgarian: осолявам и опушвам (osoljavam i opušvam) — to preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking
- Dutch: pekelen — to preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking