'Bloat' definitions:
Definition of 'bloat'
From: WordNet
noun
Swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas
verb
Become bloated or swollen or puff up; "The dead man's stomach was bloated"
verb
Make bloated or swollen; "Hunger bloated the child's belly"
Definition of 'Bloat'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To inflate; to puff up; to make vain. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bloat'
From: GCIDE
- Bloat \Bloat\, v. i. To grow turgid as by effusion of liquid in the cellular tissue; to puff out; to swell. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bloat'
From: GCIDE
- Bloat \Bloat\, a. Bloated. [R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bloat'
From: GCIDE
- Bloat \Bloat\, n. A term of contempt for a worthless, dissipated fellow. [Slang] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bloat'
From: GCIDE
- Bloat \Bloat\, v. t. To dry (herrings) in smoke. See Blote. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'bloat'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accrue,
- accumulate,
- add to,
- advance,
- aggrandize,
- amplify,
- appreciate,
- augment,
- balloon,
- bloatedness,
- bloating,
- blotter,
- blow up,
- blowing up,
- boom,
- boozehound,
- boozer,
- breaking point,
- breed,
- broaden,
- build,
- build up,
- bulk,
- bulk out,
- crescendo,
- develop,
- diastole,
- dilatation,
- dilate,
- dilation,
- distend,
- distension,
- dropsy,
- drunk,
- edema,
- enlarge,
- expand,
- extend,
- extreme tension,
- fill out,
- flatulence,
- flatulency,
- flatus,
- gain,
- gain strength,
- gassiness,
- get ahead,
- go up,
- greaten,
- grow,
- guzzler,
- hike,
- hike up,
- huff,
- increase,
- inebriate,
- inflate,
- inflation,
- intensify,
- intumescence,
- lush,
- magnify,
- meteorism,
- mount,
- multiply,
- overdistension,
- overdrawing,
- overexpansion,
- overextension,
- overstrain,
- overstraining,
- overstretching,
- proliferate,
- puff,
- puff up,
- puffiness,
- puffing,
- pump,
- pump up,
- raise,
- rarefy,
- rise,
- run up,
- shoot up,
- snapping point,
- snowball,
- soak,
- sot,
- sponge,
- spread,
- strain,
- straining,
- strengthen,
- stretch,
- stretching,
- sufflate,
- swell,
- swellage,
- swelling,
- swollenness,
- tension,
- tippler,
- tumefaction,
- tumefy,
- tumescence,
- tumidity,
- tumidness,
- turgescence,
- turgidity,
- turgidness,
- tympanism,
- tympany,
- up,
- wax,
- widen,
- windiness