bloat.
To cause to become distended.
Meaning & usage
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.
bloated herring
To increase to an excessive amount.
Where this word comes from
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”).
Distention of the abdomen from death.
Pathological overdistention of rumen with gas in a ruminant.
Wasteful use of space or other resources.
Adding an e-mail feature to this simple text editor would be pointless bloat.
A worthless, dissipated fellow.
A group of hippopotamuses.
Where this word comes from
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”).
bloated.
Where this word comes from
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”).
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