bloat
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Is bloat a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (intransitive, veterinary medicine) To get an overdistended rumen, talking of a ruminant.intransitive
2. (intransitive) To become distended; to swell up.Examples: "if a Person of a firm Conſtitution begins to bloat, and from being warm grows cold, his Fibres grow weak, Anxiety and Palpitations of the Heart are a ſign of weak Fibres"intransitive
3. (dated) To preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking.Examples: "bloated herring"dated
noun (English)
1. (veterinary medicine) Pathological overdistention of rumen with gas in a ruminant.Synonyms: ruminal tympanycountableuncountable
2. (figurative) Wasteful use of space or other resources.Examples: "Adding an e-mail feature to this simple text editor would be pointless bloat."countablefigurativelyuncountable
3. (derogatory, slang, dated) A worthless, dissipated fellow.countabledatedderogatoryslanguncountable
4. (collective) A group of hippopotamuses.Examples: "A group of hippos is called a bloat."collectivecountableuncountable
adj (English)
1. (obsolete) bloated.Examples: "Let the bloat king tempt you again to bed"obsolete
Definition source: Wiktionary