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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bloat \Bloat\ (bl[=o]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bloated}; p. pr & vb n. {Bloating}.] [Cf. Icel. blotna to become soft, blautr soft, wet, Sw bl["o]t soft, bl["o]ta to soak; akin to G. bloss bare, and AS ble['a]t wretched; or perh. fr root of Eng. 5th blow. Cf {Blote}.] 1. 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. To inflate; to puff up to make vain. --Dryden. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bloated \Bloat"ed\ (bl[=o]t"[e^]d), 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bloated adj : abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids"; "swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy tumid flesh" [syn: {distended}, {puffed}, {puffy}, {swollen}, {tumescent}, {tumid}]
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