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Bloat   Listen
verb
Bloat  v. t.  (past & past part. bloated; pres. part. bloating)  
1.
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.
To inflate; to puff up; to make vain.





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"Bloat" Quotes from Famous Books



... ought? Am I worse trounced than you when I obey My stomach? true, my back is made to pay: But when you let rich tit-bits pass your lip That cost no trifle, do you 'scape the whip? Indulging to excess, you loathe your meat, And the bloat trunk betrays the ...
— The Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry • Horace


Words linked to "Bloat" :   intumesce, lump, swell up, puffiness


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