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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BLOAT, v.t.[This word may be allied to bladder, from the sense of inflating, swelling.]
1. To swell or make turgid, as with air; to inflate; to puff up; hence, to make vain; followed by up, but without necessity. To bloat up with praise is less elegant than to bloat with praise.
2. To swell or make turgid with water, or other means; as a bloated limb. It is used to denote a morbid enlargement, often accompanied with softness.
BLOAT, v.i. To grow turgid; to dilate.
BLOAT, a. Swelled; turgid. [Not used.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas v
1: become bloated or swollen or puff up; "The dead man's stomach was bloated"
2: make bloated or swollen; "Hunger bloated the child's belly"

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English blout, blote soft, pliable, from Old Norse blautr soft, weak; akin to Old English bl?at miserable Date: 14th century bloated, puffy II. verb Date: 1677 transitive verb 1. a. to make turgid or swollen b. to cause abdominal distension in 2. to fill to capacity or overflowing intransitive verb swell III. noun Date: 1854 1. a. one that is bloated b. unwarranted or excessive growth or enlargement <bureaucratic bloat> 2. digestive disturbance of ruminant animals and especially cattle marked by accumulation of gas in one or more stomach compartments

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. 1 tr. & intr. inflate, swell (wind bloated the sheets; bloated with gas). 2 tr. (as bloated adj.) a swollen, puffed. b puffed up with pride or excessive wealth (bloated plutocrat). 3 tr. cure (a herring) by salting and smoking lightly. Etymology: obs. bloat swollen, soft and wet, perh. f. ON blautr soaked, flabby

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bloat Bloat (bl[=o]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bloated; p. pr. & vb. n. Bloating.] [Cf. Icel. blotna to become soft, blautr soft, wet, Sw. bl["o]t soft, bl["o]ta to soak; akin to G. bloss bare, and AS. ble['a]t wretched; or perh. fr. root of Eng. 5th blow. Cf. Blote.] 1. To make turgid, as with water or air; to cause a swelling of the surface of, from effusion of serum in the cellular tissue, producing a morbid enlargement, often accompanied with softness. 2. To inflate; to puff up; to make vain. --Dryden.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bloat Bloat, v. i. To grow turgid as by effusion of liquid in the cellular tissue; to puff out; to swell. --Arbuthnot.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bloat Bloat, a. Bloated. [R.] --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bloat Bloat, n. A term of contempt for a worthless, dissipated fellow. [Slang]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bloat Bloat, v. t. To dry (herrings) in smoke. See Blote.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. Swell, inflate, distend, dilate, puff up, blow up, make turgid. II. v. n. Swell, dilate, be swollen, be inflated or distended, be puffed or blown up, become turgid.

Moby Thesaurus

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