bloat

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /bləʊt/
• (America) IPA: /bloʊt/

Verb

bloat (bloats, present participle bloating; past and past participle bloated)

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. to preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking

   bloated herring

Translations

• German: schwellen, aufblasen, aufblähen
• Italian: gonfiare
• Portuguese: inchar
• Spanish: hinchar, inflar

Translations

• French: gonfler, météoriser
• German: aufblähen
• Italian: gonfiarsi

Translations

• French: gonfler, bouffir, boursoufler
• German: aufblasen
• Portuguese: encher
• Russian: надувать
• Spanish: inflar

Noun

bloat (plural bloats)

1. Distention of the abdomen from death.
2. (veterinary medicine) Pathological overdistention of rumen with gas in a ruminant.

   Synonyms: ruminal tympany

3. (figurative) Wasteful use of space or other resources.

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

4. (derogatory, slang, dated) A worthless, dissipated fellow.

Translations

• French: météorisme, tympanisme
• German: Aufblähen, Tympanie

Adjective

bloat

1. (obsolete) bloated

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