bloat

English

Etymology

Perhaps from Old Norse blautr (“soft”), akin to Danish blød and German bloß (“nude”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /bləʊt/, X-SAMPA: /bl@Ut/
• (GenAm) IPA: /bloʊt/, X-SAMPA: /bloUt/
• Rhymes: -əʊt

Verb

bloat (third-person singular simple present bloats, present participle bloating, simple past and past participle bloated)

1. to cause to become distended
2. to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell
3. (intransitive) to become distended; to swell up

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4. to fill with vanity or conceit
5. to preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking, (as in bloated herring).

Translations

to cause to become distended

• Bulgarian: подувам се (bg) (poduvam se), подпухвам (bg) (podpuhvam)
• Dutch: zwellen (nl), uitdeinen (nl),

• Portuguese: inchar (pt)

to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc

• Bulgarian: надувам (bg) (naduvam), издувам (bg) (izduvam)
• Dutch: opblazen (nl), volpompen (nl),
• French: gonfler (fr), bouffir (fr), boursoufler (fr)

• Hungarian: duzzad (hu)
• Portuguese: encher (pt)
• Scottish Gaelic: sèid (gd)

to preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking

• Bulgarian: осолявам и опушвам (риба)

• Dutch: pekelen (nl)

Noun

bloat (plural bloats)

1. distention of the abdomen from death
2. (figuratively) wasteful use of space

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

Adjective

bloat (comparative more bloat, superlative most bloat)

1. (obsolete) bloated

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