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Webster 1913 Edition


Bloat

Bloat

(blōt)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bloated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Bloating
.]
[Cf. Icel.
blotna
to become soft,
blautr
soft, wet, Sw.
blöt
soft,
blöta
to soak; akin to G.
bloss
bare, and AS.
bleát
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.

Bloat

,
Verb.
I.
To grow turgid as by effusion of liquid in the cellular tissue; to puff out; to swell.
Arbuthnot.

Bloat

,
Adj.
Bloated.
[R.]
Shak.

Bloat

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

Bloat

,
Verb.
T.
To dry (herrings) in smoke. See
Blote
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Bloat

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

,
Verb.
I.
To grow turgid; to dilate.

BLOAT

,
Adj.
Swelled; turgid. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


bloat

bloat

English

Verb

bloat (third-person singular simple present bloats, present participle bloating, simple past and past participle bloated)

  1. to cause to become distended
  2. to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell
  3. (intransitive) to become distended; to swell up
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  4. to fill with vanity or conceit
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)
  5. to preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking
    bloated herring

Translations

Noun

bloat (plural bloats)

  1. distention of the abdomen from death
  2. (figuratively) wasteful use of space
    Adding an e-mail feature to this simple text editor would be pointless bloat.
  3. (derogatory, slang, dated) A worthless, dissipated fellow.

Adjective

bloat (comparative more bloat, superlative most bloat)

  1. (obsolete) bloated
    1602, William Shakespeare, “Act 3, Scene 4. The Queen's Closet.”, in The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of DenmarkTragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark/Act 3#Scene 4. The Queen's closet.:
    Let the bloat king tempt you again to bed

References

  1. bloat in Merriam-Webster's Dictionary
  2. Cognates in ODS