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Bloat   Listen
verb
Bloat  v. i.  To grow turgid as by effusion of liquid in the cellular tissue; to puff out; to swell.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Bloat" Quotes from Famous Books



... much in turtle Bristol's sons delight, 388 Too much o'er bowls of Rack prolong the night. Your turtle-feeder's verse must needs be flat, 393 Though Bristol bloat him with the verdant ...
— The Works of Lord Byron, Vol. 7. - Poetry • George Gordon Byron

... that fine four-year-old colt of mine and a lot of hogs were all in the barn eating grain. They had torn every sack open and had eaten more than half of it. The colt had eaten so much as to make him bloat. When I saw it all I felt so mad I had to use some hot words. When I went to the house I told my wife about it. At first she seemed put out, but when she saw how wrathy I was she tried to cool me down. I asked where the boy was, and she said, 'Weeks' ...
— A California Girl • Edward Eldridge



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



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