Meaning

To cause to become distended..

Definitions by Sense

1. To cause to become distended.
2. (intransitive, veterinary medicine) To get an overdistended rumen, talking of a ruminant.
3. To fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell.
4. (intransitive) To become distended; to swell up.
5. To fill with vanity or conceit.
6. (dated) To preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking.
7. To increase to an excessive amount.
8. Distention of the abdomen from death.

Example Sentences

if a Person of a firm Conſtitution begins to bloat, and from being warm grows cold, his Fibres grow weak, Anxiety and Palpitations of the Heart are a ſign of weak Fibres

1675, John Dryden, Prologue to Circe by Dr. Davenant Encourage him, and bloat him up with Praise

bloated herring

In the UK, the fraction of electricity generated by nuclear plants has slid steadily downwards, from 25% in the 1990s to 16% in 2020. Of the five nuclear stations still producing power, only one will run beyond 2028. Hinkley Point C, the first new nuclear plant in a generation, is being built in Somerset, but its cost has bloated to more than £25bn.

Adding an e-mail feature to this simple text editor would be pointless bloat.

A group of hippos is called a bloat.

Let the bloat king tempt you again to bed

Word Forms

• bloats
• bloating
• bloated
• more bloat
• most bloat

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