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verb (used with object)
1.
to expand or distend, as with air, water, etc.; cause to swell: Overeating bloated their bellies.
2.
to puff up; make vain or conceited: The promotion has bloated his ego to an alarming degree.
3.
to cure (fishes) as bloaters.
verb (used without object)
4.
to become swollen; be puffed out or dilated: The carcass started to bloat.
Origin:
1250–1300; earlier bloat (adj.) soft, puffy, Middle English blout < Old Norse blautr wet, soft
1250–1300; earlier bloat (adj.) soft, puffy, Middle English blout < Old Norse blautr wet, soft
Synonyms
1. swell, inflate, enlarge, balloon.
1. swell, inflate, enlarge, balloon.
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bloat (bləʊt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to swell or cause to swell, as with a liquid, air, or wind |
| 2. | to become or cause to be puffed up, as with conceit |
| 3. | (tr) to cure (fish, esp herring) by half-drying in smoke |
| —n | |
| 4. | vet science an abnormal distention of the abdomen in cattle, sheep, etc, caused by accumulation of gas in the stomach |
| [C17: probably related to Old Norse blautr soaked, Old English blāt pale] | |
| bloated (ˈbləʊtɪd) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | swollen, as with a liquid, air, or wind |
| 2. | puffed up, as with conceit |
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Word Origin & History
bloat
c.1300, originally an adj., "soft, flabby," but by 17c. meaning "puffed up, swollen." Perhaps from O.N. blautr "soaked, soft from being cooked in liquid," possibly from P.Gmc. *blaut-, from PIE *bhleu- "to swell, well up, overflow," an extension of base *bhel- (2) "to blow, swell" (see
bole). Influenced by or combined with O.E. blawan "blow, puff." The verb sense of "to swell" is first attested 1670s.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
bloat (blōt)
n.
Abdominal distention due to swallowed air or intestinal gas production.
bloat'ed (blō'tĭd) adj.
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Example sentences
Nasa is the bloated sucking tick siphoning off funding.
Bloated reputations and salaries sent costs soaring, far beyond what could be recouped by sales and the actual size of the market.
The government announces a rescue fund for a bloated banking system.
Thousands of jobs are to be shed, in a frantic effort to reduce a bloated cost base.
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