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bloat

bloat is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.To inflate; to puff up; to make vain. Dryden.
  2. 2.To grow turgid as by effusion of liquid in the cellular tissue; to puff out; to swell. Arbuthnot.
  3. 3.Bloated. [R.] Shak.
  4. 4.A term of contempt for a worthless, dissipated fellow. [Slang]
  5. 5.To dry (herrings) in smoke. See Blote.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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