Lexic.us

Definition of Bloat

1. Verb. Become bloated or swollen or puff up. "Did his feet bloat?"; "The dead man's stomach was bloated"

2. Noun. Swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas.

3. Verb. Make bloated or swollen. "Hunger bloated the child's belly"

Definition of Bloat

1. 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.

2. v. i. To grow turgid as by effusion of liquid in the cellular tissue; to puff out; to swell.

3. a. Bloated.

4. n. A term of contempt for a worthless, dissipated fellow.

5. v. t. To dry (herrings) in smoke. See Blote.

Definition of Bloat

1. Verb. to cause to become distended ¹

2. Verb. to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell ¹

3. Verb. to fill with vanity or conceit ¹

4. Verb. to preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking, (as in bloated herring). ¹

5. Noun. distention of the abdomen from death ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bloat

1. to swell [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: swell

Medical Definition of Bloat

1. 1. Abdominal distention from swallowed air or intestinal gas from fermentation. 2. Distention of the rumen of cattle, caused by the accumulation of gases of fermentation, particularly likely to occur when the animals are pastured on rich legume grasses; if unrelieved, the condition may quickly lead to death. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bloat

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blizzardous blizzards blizzardy blizzaster bln bloat (current term) bloated bloatedly bloatedness bloater

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Literary usage of Bloat

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1889)
"bloat. To dry by smoke. More latterly applied exclusively to bloat-herrings or bloaters, which are dried herrings. ..."

2. The Stock-poisoning plants of Montana: A Preliminary Report by Victor King Chesnut, Earley Vernon Wilcox (1901)
"As a rule these plants produce bloat only when eaten in a green' condition. A few cases of tympanites, however, have been reported as due to eating one or ..."

3. The American Veterinary Journal (1858)
"A subscriber from the commencement" wishes to know what is the nature of the disease known as " bloat" its causes and treatment. Our Answer. ..."

4. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1851)
"A man swelled with wind, with wine, with praise, is a bloat ... I glory in a bloat ! A bloat is only one remove from a buster. ..."

5. Western Grazing Grounds and Forest Ranges: A History of the Live-stock by Will Croft Barnes (1913)
"bloat.—General symptoms: huge swelling on the left side of the paunch below the hip bone; animal groans and grunts as if in pain; labored breathing; ..."

6. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1889)
"bloat. To dry by smoke. More latterly applied exclusively to bloat-herrings or bloaters, which are dried herrings. ..."

7. The Stock-poisoning plants of Montana: A Preliminary Report by Victor King Chesnut, Earley Vernon Wilcox (1901)
"As a rule these plants produce bloat only when eaten in a green' condition. A few cases of tympanites, however, have been reported as due to eating one or ..."

8. The American Veterinary Journal (1858)
"A subscriber from the commencement" wishes to know what is the nature of the disease known as " bloat" its causes and treatment. Our Answer. ..."

9. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1851)
"A man swelled with wind, with wine, with praise, is a bloat ... I glory in a bloat ! A bloat is only one remove from a buster. ..."

10. Western Grazing Grounds and Forest Ranges: A History of the Live-stock by Will Croft Barnes (1913)
"bloat.—General symptoms: huge swelling on the left side of the paunch below the hip bone; animal groans and grunts as if in pain; labored breathing; ..."

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