English Explanatory Dictionary

bloat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

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.
To become distended; to swell up.
To fill with vanity or conceit.
To preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking.
To increase to an excessive amount.

noun

Distention of the abdomen from death.
Pathological overdistention of rumen with gas in a ruminant.
Wasteful use of space or other resources.
A worthless, dissipated fellow.
A group of hippopotamuses.

adj

bloated.

Pronunciation

/bləʊt/ /bloʊt/ En-au-bloat.ogg

Word forms

bloat bloats bloating bloated more bloat most bloat

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”).

Synonyms

ruminal tympany

Related words

overfeatured

Derived words

antibloat bloatable bloatation bloater bloatsome bloatware bloaty bufferbloat debloat unbloat

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