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bloat (blōt)

adjective

swollen or distended; puffed up

Etymology: ME blout, soft < ON blautr; ult. < IE base *bhel-, to swell: see ball

transitive verb, intransitive verb

  1. to swell, as with water or air
  2. to puff up, as with pride

noun

  1. ☆ a person or thing that has bloated
  2. ☆ Vet.Med. a gassy swelling of the abdomen usually caused by watery forage

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bloat (blōt)

transitive verb

to cure or preserve (herring, etc.) by soaking in salt water, smoking, and half-drying

Etymology: ME blote, soft with moisture < ON blautr, soaked: see bloat

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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