bloat

bloat has 9 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• v. t.. 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.
• v. t.. To inflate; to puff up; to make vain.
• v. i.. To grow turgid as by effusion of liquid in the cellular tissue; to puff out; to swell.
• a.. Bloated.
• n.. A term of contempt for a worthless, dissipated fellow.
• v. t.. To dry (herrings) in smoke. See Blote.
• n.. swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas
• v.. become bloated or swollen or puff up; "The dead man's stomach was bloated"
• v.. make bloated or swollen; "Hunger bloated the child's belly"