bloat

Meaning

Verb

1. To cause to become distended.
2. To get an overdistended rumen, talking of a ruminant.
3. To fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell.
4. To become distended; to swell up.
5. To fill with vanity or conceit.
6. To preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking.
7. To increase to an excessive amount.

Noun

1. Distention of the abdomen from death.
2. Pathological overdistention of rumen with gas in a ruminant.
3. Wasteful use of space or other resources.
4. (slang) A worthless, dissipated fellow.

Adj

bloated.

Synonyms

swell

distend

bulge

balloon

🎈

inflate

billow

protuberate

swell up

belly

belly out

puff

blow up

kipper

mushroom

🍄

pop

protrude

puff out

puff up

smoke

smolder

snowball

spread out

surge

swelling

tumefy

inflamation

pop out

grow thick

tumesce

increase in size

curve out

cure in smoke

corn

🌽

crescendo

cure

etc.

expand

fill out

give head

gripes

griping

increase

inflation

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bləʊt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: blot

Cognate with Danish: blød

Cognate with Dutch: bloot

Cognate with German: bloß

In summary

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”).