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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]
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.
BLOAT
,Adj.
Definition 2024
bloat
bloat
English
Verb
bloat (third-person singular simple present bloats, present participle bloating, simple past and past participle bloated)
- to cause to become distended
- to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell
- (intransitive) to become distended; to swell up
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Arbuthnot to this entry?)
- to fill with vanity or conceit
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)
- to preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking
- bloated herring
Translations
to cause to become distended
to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc
to preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking
Noun
bloat (plural bloats)
- distention of the abdomen from death
- (figuratively) wasteful use of space
- Adding an e-mail feature to this simple text editor would be pointless bloat.
- (derogatory, slang, dated) A worthless, dissipated fellow.
Adjective
bloat (comparative more bloat, superlative most bloat)
- (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
- ↑ bloat in Merriam-Webster's Dictionary
- ↑ Cognates in ODS