Definition of bloats Bloats
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What does bloats mean?
Wiktionary 
- bloats (Noun)
Plural of bloat.
Part of speech
🔤WordNet
NounPlural: bloats |
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| bloat - swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas | ||
| puffiness, swelling, lump an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement | ||
Verb |
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| bloat - make bloated or swollen; "Hunger bloated the child's belly" | ||
| swell expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling" | ||
| distend swell from or as if from internal pressure; "The distended bellies of the starving cows" | ||
| bloat - become bloated or swollen or puff up; "The dead man's stomach was bloated" | ||
| swell up, tumesce, intumesce, tumefy, swell cause to become very swollen | ||
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Wiktionary
- bloat (Noun)
distention of the abdomen from death. - bloat (Noun)
Wasteful use of space. - bloat (Verb)
To cause to become distended. - bloat (Verb)
To fill soft substance with gas, water, etc. ; to cause to swell. - bloat (Verb)
To become distended; to swell up. - bloat (Verb)
To fill with vanity or conceit. - bloat (Verb)
To preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking, as in bloated herring. - bloat (Adjective)
bloated.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- bloat (v. t.)
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. - bloat (v. t.)
To inflate; to puff up; to make vain. - bloat (v. i.)
To grow turgid as by effusion of liquid in the cellular tissue; to puff out; to swell. - bloat (a.)
Bloated. - bloat (n.)
A term of contempt for a worthless, dissipated fellow. - bloat (v. t.)
To dry (herrings) in smoke. See Blote.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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bloat
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. -
bloat
To grow turgid as by effusion of liquid in the cellular tissue.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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bloat
blōt, v.t. to swell or puff out: to dry by smoke (applied to fish).—v.i. to swell or dilate: to grow turgid.—p.adj. Bloat′ed.—n. Bloat′er, a herring partially dried in smoke, esp. at Yarmouth. [Scand., as in Sw. blöt, soft.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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bloat
To dry by smoke; a method latterly applied almost exclusively to cure herrings or bloaters.--Bloated is also applied to any half-dried fish.
