What does "bloat" mean?
Bloat: To inflate; to puff up; to make vain. Dryden.
Additional senses
- 2.To grow turgid as by effusion of liquid in the cellular tissue; to puff out; to swell. Arbuthnot.
- 3.Bloated. [R.] Shak.
- 4.A term of contempt for a worthless, dissipated fellow. [Slang]
- 5.To dry (herrings) in smoke. See Blote.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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