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Definition of Bloated
1. p. a. Distended beyond the natural or usual size, as by the presence of water, serum, etc.; turgid; swollen; as, a bloated face. Also, puffed up with pride; pompous.
Definition of Bloated
1. Verb. (past of bloat) ¹
2. Adjective. Swollen with fluid or gas. ¹
3. Adjective. Excessively or extremely large or wealthy. ¹
4. Adjective. (computing) Describing software which is overloaded with features, known as bloatware. ¹
5. Adjective. (context: of food) Slightly salted and lightly smoked (as in bloated herring). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bloated
1. bloat [v] - See also: bloat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bloated
Literary usage of Bloated
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... paff/ oí bloated appearance, and the configuration of tbo chest is altered,
assuming tlio character known aa the ..."
2. The Croker Papers: The Correspondence and Diaries of the Late Right by John Wilson Croker, Louis John Jennings (1885)
"... of Democracy—The Queen's Marriage—Louis Napoleon's Raid on Boulogne —The
Eastern Question in 1840—The "bloated" Armaments of Europe—Hostile Feeling in ..."
3. A Text-book of medicine for students and practitioners by Adolf von Strümpell (1893)
"The skin of the face is often somewhat bloated in anaesthesia of the trigeminus,
and it is cyanotic and feels cool. The reflexes are lost in peripheral ..."
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