bloat

bloat is a 5-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, adjective, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. 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. transitive verb. To inflate; to puff up; to make vain.
3. intransitive verb. To grow turgid as by effusion of liquid in the cellular tissue; to puff out; to swell.
4. adjective. Bloated.
5. noun. A term of contempt for a worthless, dissipated fellow.
6. transitive verb. To dry (herrings) in smoke. See Blote.
7. noun. swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas
8. verb. become bloated or swollen or puff up

   "The dead man's stomach was bloated"

9. verb. make bloated or swollen

   "Hunger bloated the child's belly"

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in bloat:

oblat

Common word forms

bloats, bloated, bloater, bloating

Words from these letters

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