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bloated

/ˈbloʊtɪd/

bloated is the simple past and past participle of bloat.

Adjective

bloated (comparative more bloated, superlative most bloated)

  1. Swollen with fluid or gas.
  2. Excessively or extremely large or wealthy.
  3. Excessively overloaded with features, like bloatware.
    • For large firms, the SketchUp Workflow for Architecture will fit in where a bloated, overfeatured software suite is not necessary.2018, Michael Brightman, The SketchUp Workflow for Architecture, page 5
  4. Slightly salted and lightly smoked.
    • a bloated herring

Meaning of bloat

Verb

bloat (third-person singular simple present bloats, present participle bloating, simple past and past participle bloated)

  1. To cause to become distended.
  2. (intransitive) To get an overdistended rumen, talking of a ruminant.
  3. To fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell.
  4. (intransitive) To become distended; to swell up.
    • if a Person of a firm Conſtitution begins to bloat, and from being warm grows cold, his Fibres grow weak, Anxiety and Palpitations of the Heart are a ſign of weak Fibres1731, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Aliments, and the Choice of Them, According to the Different Constitutions of Human Bodies. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson […], →OCLC
  5. To fill with vanity or conceit.
    • Encourage him, and bloat him up with Praise1675, John Dryden, Prologue to Circe by Dr. Davenant
  6. (dated) To preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking.
    • bloated herring

See all 13 meanings of bloat

Forms of bloated

comparativemore bloated
superlativemost bloated

Words formed from bloated

Questions about bloated

What does bloated mean?
Bloated means swollen with fluid or gas.
What is bloated the simple past and past participle of?
Bloated is the simple past and past participle of bloat.
What part of speech is bloated?
Bloated is an adjective.
How do you pronounce bloated?
Bloated is pronounced /ˈbloʊtɪd/ (US).

Words near bloated in the dictionary

  1. bloak
  2. bloaks
  3. bloat
  4. bloatable
  5. bloatation
  6. bloated
  7. bloatedly
  8. bloatedness
  9. bloater
  10. bloater paste
  11. bloaters

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