BLOAT

v. a. n.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

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.
v.

To inflate; to puff up; to make vain. Dryden.

3.
v.

To grow turgid as by effusion of liquid in the cellular tissue; to puff out; to swell. Arbuthnot.

4.
a.

Bloated. [R.] Shak.

5.
n.

A term of contempt for a worthless, dissipated fellow. [Slang]

6.
v.

To dry (herrings) in smoke. See Blote.

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