bloat
Distention of the abdomen from deathDistention of the abdomen from death.
Meaning
5 senses(countable, uncountable)Distention of the abdomen from death.
(countable, uncountable)Pathological overdistention of rumen with gas in a ruminant.
Aufblähen, Tympanie
swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)Wasteful use of space or other resources.
Adding an e-mail feature to this simple text editor would be pointless bloat.
(countable, dated, derogatory, slang, uncountable)A worthless, dissipated fellow.
(collective, countable, uncountable)A group of hippopotamuses.
Examples
26 sentencesMy stomach feels bloated.
ruМой живот вздулся. — odexed
I feel really bloated.
She feels bloated like a balloon.
Bananas before a workout make me bloated.
Layla's bloated corpse was found in a river.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Perhaps from Middle English blot, blout (“soft; flexible; pliable”), from Old Norse blautrPerhaps 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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