Meaning

7 senses
  1. To cause to become distended.

    schwellen, aufblasen, aufblähen

    become bloated or swollen or puff up

  2. (intransitive)To get an overdistended rumen, talking of a ruminant.

    aufblähen

  3. To fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell.

    aufblasen

    надуватьnaduvatʹ, раздуватьrazduvatʹ

  4. (intransitive)To become distended; to swell up.

  5. To fill with vanity or conceit.

    1675, John Dryden, Prologue to Circe by Dr. Davenant Encourage him, and bloat him up with Praise

  6. (dated)To preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking.

    bloated herring

  7. To increase to an excessive amount.

Examples

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  1. My stomach feels bloated.

    ruМой живот вздулся.

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  2. I feel really bloated.

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  3. She feels bloated like a balloon.

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  4. Bananas before a workout make me bloated.

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  5. Layla's bloated corpse was found in a river.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to cause to become distended:

Origin

Perhaps from Middle English blot, blout (“soft; flexible; pliable”), from Old Norse blautr

Perhaps from Middle English blot, blout (“soft; flexible; pliable”), from Old Norse blautr (“soft”). Akin to Danish blød, Dutch bloot (“nude”) and German bloß (“nude”).

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Forms

bloats, bloating, bloated, bloated
Base formbloat · to bloat
3rd person singularbloats
Present participlebloating
Past simplebloated
Past participlebloated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybloat
he, she, itbloats

Past simpleLesson

all personsbloated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bloated
he, she, ithas bloated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bloat

See also

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