bloat
(noun, adjective, verb)
adjective
1. (obsolete) bloated
- 1602, William Shakespeare, “Act 3, Scene 4. The Queen's Closet.”, in The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of DenmarkTragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark/Act 3#Scene 4. The Queen's closet.:Let the bloat king tempt you again to bed
noun
1. swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas
Definition categories: state, lump, puffiness, swelling
Sentences with bloat as a noun:
- Adding an e-mail feature to this simple text editor would be pointless bloat.
verb
1. become bloated or swollen or puff up
- The dead man's stomach was bloated
Definition categories: change, intumesce, swell, tumefy, tumesce
2. make bloated or swollen
- Hunger bloated the child's belly
Definition categories: change, swell
Sentences with bloat as a verb:
- bloated herring