See bloat in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
Download JSON data for bloat meaning in English (16.6kB)
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "unbloat"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "blot"
},
"expansion": "Middle English blot",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "blout",
"t": "soft; flexible; pliable"
},
"expansion": "blout (“soft; flexible; pliable”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "non",
"3": "blautr",
"4": "",
"5": "soft"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse blautr (“soft”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "blød"
},
"expansion": "Danish blød",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "bloot",
"3": "",
"4": "nude"
},
"expansion": "Dutch bloot (“nude”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "bloß",
"3": "",
"4": "nude"
},
"expansion": "German bloß (“nude”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Perhaps from Middle English blot, blout (“soft; flexible; pliable”), from Old Norse blautr (“soft”). Akin to Danish blød, Dutch bloot (“nude”) and German bloß (“nude”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "bloats",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "bloating",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "bloated",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "bloated",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "bloat (third-person singular simple present bloats, present participle bloating, simple past and past participle bloated)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"To cause to become distended."
],
"id": "en-bloat-en-verb--F1tfHcn",
"links": [
[
"distended",
"distended"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "64 1 22 11 1 0 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "poduvam se",
"sense": "to cause to become distended",
"word": "подувам се"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 1 22 11 1 0 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podpuhvam",
"sense": "to cause to become distended",
"word": "подпухвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 1 22 11 1 0 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to cause to become distended",
"word": "zwellen"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 1 22 11 1 0 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to cause to become distended",
"word": "uitdeinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 1 22 11 1 0 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause to become distended",
"word": "schwellen"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 1 22 11 1 0 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause to become distended",
"word": "aufblasen"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 1 22 11 1 0 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause to become distended",
"word": "aufblähen"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 1 22 11 1 0 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cause to become distended",
"word": "gonfiare"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 1 22 11 1 0 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to cause to become distended",
"word": "inchar"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 1 22 11 1 0 1",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to cause to become distended",
"word": "gunchiari"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 1 22 11 1 0 1",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to cause to become distended",
"word": "vunchiari"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 1 22 11 1 0 1",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to cause to become distended",
"word": "vunciari"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 1 22 11 1 0 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cause to become distended",
"word": "hinchar"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 1 22 11 1 0 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cause to become distended",
"word": "inflar"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 1 22 11 1 0 1",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to cause to become distended",
"word": "gonfler"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Veterinary medicine",
"orig": "en:Veterinary medicine",
"parents": [
"Animals",
"Medicine",
"Lifeforms",
"Biology",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To get an overdistended rumen, talking of a ruminant."
],
"id": "en-bloat-en-verb-XehlwT4L",
"links": [
[
"veterinary medicine",
"veterinary medicine"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, veterinary medicine) To get an overdistended rumen, talking of a ruminant."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"topics": [
"biology",
"medicine",
"natural-sciences",
"pathology",
"sciences",
"veterinary",
"zoology"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "5 73 1 13 0 3 5",
"code": "ary",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "nfaḵ",
"sense": "to get an overdistended rumen",
"tags": [
"Moroccan-Arabic"
],
"word": "نفخ"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 73 1 13 0 3 5",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to get an overdistended rumen",
"word": "gonfler"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 73 1 13 0 3 5",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to get an overdistended rumen",
"word": "météoriser"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 73 1 13 0 3 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to get an overdistended rumen",
"word": "aufblähen"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 73 1 13 0 3 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to get an overdistended rumen",
"word": "gonfiarsi"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 73 1 13 0 3 5",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to get an overdistended rumen",
"word": "gunchiàrisi"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 73 1 13 0 3 5",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to get an overdistended rumen",
"word": "vunchiàrisi"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 73 1 13 0 3 5",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to get an overdistended rumen",
"word": "vunciàrisi"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 73 1 13 0 3 5",
"code": "shi",
"lang": "Tashelhit",
"roman": "ibzg",
"sense": "to get an overdistended rumen",
"word": "ⵉⴱⵣⴳ"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 73 1 13 0 3 5",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to get an overdistended rumen",
"word": "boscheter"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 73 1 13 0 3 5",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to get an overdistended rumen",
"word": "gonfler"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell."
],
"id": "en-bloat-en-verb-fctqDUy8",
"links": [
[
"swell",
"swell"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "2 1 80 1 15 1 1",
"code": "ary",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "nfaḵ",
"sense": "to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc",
"tags": [
"Moroccan-Arabic"
],
"word": "نفخ"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 80 1 15 1 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "naduvam",
"sense": "to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc",
"word": "надувам"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 80 1 15 1 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izduvam",
"sense": "to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc",
"word": "издувам"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 80 1 15 1 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc",
"word": "opblazen"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 80 1 15 1 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc",
"word": "volpompen"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 80 1 15 1 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc",
"word": "gonfler"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 80 1 15 1 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc",
"word": "bouffir"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 80 1 15 1 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc",
"word": "boursoufler"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 80 1 15 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc",
"word": "aufblasen"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 80 1 15 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc",
"word": "duzzad"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 80 1 15 1 1",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "şişmek",
"sense": "to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc",
"word": "شیشمك"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 80 1 15 1 1",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "kabarmak",
"sense": "to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc",
"word": "قبارمق"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 80 1 15 1 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc",
"word": "encher"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 80 1 15 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "naduvatʹ",
"sense": "to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "надувать"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 80 1 15 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razduvatʹ",
"sense": "to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "раздувать"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 80 1 15 1 1",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc",
"word": "sèid"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 80 1 15 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc",
"word": "inflar"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 80 1 15 1 1",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc",
"word": "gonfler"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "4 12 12 1 1 3 13 2 32 2 8 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To become distended; to swell up."
],
"id": "en-bloat-en-verb-kM4QVur5",
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To become distended; to swell up."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "1675, John Dryden, Prologue to Circe by Dr. Davenant\nEncourage him, and bloat him up with Praise"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To fill with vanity or conceit."
],
"id": "en-bloat-en-verb-kuc8I~Sa",
"links": [
[
"vanity",
"vanity"
],
[
"conceit",
"conceit"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "bloated herring",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking."
],
"id": "en-bloat-en-verb-Gi63oBjB",
"raw_glosses": [
"(dated) To preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking."
],
"tags": [
"dated"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "2 2 1 4 1 90 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "osoljavam i opušvam",
"sense": "to preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking",
"word": "осолявам и опушвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 1 4 1 90 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking",
"word": "pekelen"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "December 15 2022, Samanth Subramanian, “Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site”, in The Guardian",
"text": "In the UK, the fraction of electricity generated by nuclear plants has slid steadily downwards, from 25% in the 1990s to 16% in 2020. Of the five nuclear stations still producing power, only one will run beyond 2028. Hinkley Point C, the first new nuclear plant in a generation, is being built in Somerset, but its cost has bloated to more than £25bn.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To increase to an excessive amount."
],
"id": "en-bloat-en-verb-K3mPccHI",
"links": [
[
"excessive",
"excessive"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/bləʊt/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bloʊt/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊt"
},
{
"audio": "En-au-bloat.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/00/En-au-bloat.ogg/En-au-bloat.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/En-au-bloat.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"word": "bloat"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "blot"
},
"expansion": "Middle English blot",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "blout",
"t": "soft; flexible; pliable"
},
"expansion": "blout (“soft; flexible; pliable”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "non",
"3": "blautr",
"4": "",
"5": "soft"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse blautr (“soft”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "blød"
},
"expansion": "Danish blød",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "bloot",
"3": "",
"4": "nude"
},
"expansion": "Dutch bloot (“nude”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "bloß",
"3": "",
"4": "nude"
},
"expansion": "German bloß (“nude”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Perhaps from Middle English blot, blout (“soft; flexible; pliable”), from Old Norse blautr (“soft”). Akin to Danish blød, Dutch bloot (“nude”) and German bloß (“nude”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "bloats",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "bloat (countable and uncountable, plural bloats)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Distention of the abdomen from death."
],
"id": "en-bloat-en-noun-qgh-LIvA",
"links": [
[
"Distention",
"distention"
],
[
"death",
"death"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Veterinary medicine",
"orig": "en:Veterinary medicine",
"parents": [
"Animals",
"Medicine",
"Lifeforms",
"Biology",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Pathological overdistention of rumen with gas in a ruminant."
],
"id": "en-bloat-en-noun-p3lA7SU6",
"links": [
[
"veterinary medicine",
"veterinary medicine"
],
[
"rumen",
"rumen"
],
[
"ruminant",
"ruminant"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(veterinary medicine) Pathological overdistention of rumen with gas in a ruminant."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ruminal tympany"
}
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"biology",
"medicine",
"natural-sciences",
"pathology",
"sciences",
"veterinary",
"zoology"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "14 84 1 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "overdistension of rumen",
"word": "météorisme"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 84 1 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "overdistension of rumen",
"word": "tympanisme"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 84 1 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "overdistension of rumen",
"word": "Aufblähen"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 84 1 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "overdistension of rumen",
"word": "Tympanie"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 84 1 0",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "overdistension of rumen",
"word": "boschetaedje"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 84 1 0",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "overdistension of rumen",
"word": "gonflaedje"
}
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "Adding an e-mail feature to this simple text editor would be pointless bloat."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Wasteful use of space or other resources."
],
"id": "en-bloat-en-noun-5DhBYvfo",
"links": [
[
"space",
"space"
],
[
"resource",
"resource"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) Wasteful use of space or other resources."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"figuratively",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"A worthless, dissipated fellow."
],
"id": "en-bloat-en-noun-fLEhtmvl",
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(derogatory, slang, dated) A worthless, dissipated fellow."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"dated",
"derogatory",
"slang",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/bləʊt/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bloʊt/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊt"
},
{
"audio": "En-au-bloat.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/00/En-au-bloat.ogg/En-au-bloat.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/En-au-bloat.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"word": "bloat"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "blot"
},
"expansion": "Middle English blot",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "blout",
"t": "soft; flexible; pliable"
},
"expansion": "blout (“soft; flexible; pliable”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "non",
"3": "blautr",
"4": "",
"5": "soft"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse blautr (“soft”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "blød"
},
"expansion": "Danish blød",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "bloot",
"3": "",
"4": "nude"
},
"expansion": "Dutch bloot (“nude”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "bloß",
"3": "",
"4": "nude"
},
"expansion": "German bloß (“nude”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Perhaps from Middle English blot, blout (“soft; flexible; pliable”), from Old Norse blautr (“soft”). Akin to Danish blød, Dutch bloot (“nude”) and German bloß (“nude”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more bloat",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most bloat",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "bloat (comparative more bloat, superlative most bloat)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1602, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, act 3, scene 4: The Queen's Closet",
"text": "Let the bloat king tempt you again to bed",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"bloated."
],
"id": "en-bloat-en-adj-cDNeq44T",
"links": [
[
"bloated",
"bloated"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) bloated."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/bləʊt/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bloʊt/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊt"
},
{
"audio": "En-au-bloat.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/00/En-au-bloat.ogg/En-au-bloat.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/En-au-bloat.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"word": "bloat"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 1-syllable words",
"English adjectives",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old Norse",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English uncountable nouns",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/əʊt",
"Rhymes:English/əʊt/1 syllable"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "unbloat"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "blot"
},
"expansion": "Middle English blot",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "blout",
"t": "soft; flexible; pliable"
},
"expansion": "blout (“soft; flexible; pliable”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "non",
"3": "blautr",
"4": "",
"5": "soft"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse blautr (“soft”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "blød"
},
"expansion": "Danish blød",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "bloot",
"3": "",
"4": "nude"
},
"expansion": "Dutch bloot (“nude”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "bloß",
"3": "",
"4": "nude"
},
"expansion": "German bloß (“nude”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Perhaps from Middle English blot, blout (“soft; flexible; pliable”), from Old Norse blautr (“soft”). Akin to Danish blød, Dutch bloot (“nude”) and German bloß (“nude”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "bloats",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "bloating",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "bloated",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "bloated",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "bloat (third-person singular simple present bloats, present participle bloating, simple past and past participle bloated)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"To cause to become distended."
],
"links": [
[
"distended",
"distended"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"en:Veterinary medicine"
],
"glosses": [
"To get an overdistended rumen, talking of a ruminant."
],
"links": [
[
"veterinary medicine",
"veterinary medicine"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, veterinary medicine) To get an overdistended rumen, talking of a ruminant."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"topics": [
"biology",
"medicine",
"natural-sciences",
"pathology",
"sciences",
"veterinary",
"zoology"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell."
],
"links": [
[
"swell",
"swell"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To become distended; to swell up."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To become distended; to swell up."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "1675, John Dryden, Prologue to Circe by Dr. Davenant\nEncourage him, and bloat him up with Praise"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To fill with vanity or conceit."
],
"links": [
[
"vanity",
"vanity"
],
[
"conceit",
"conceit"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English dated terms",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "bloated herring",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(dated) To preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking."
],
"tags": [
"dated"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "December 15 2022, Samanth Subramanian, “Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site”, in The Guardian",
"text": "In the UK, the fraction of electricity generated by nuclear plants has slid steadily downwards, from 25% in the 1990s to 16% in 2020. Of the five nuclear stations still producing power, only one will run beyond 2028. Hinkley Point C, the first new nuclear plant in a generation, is being built in Somerset, but its cost has bloated to more than £25bn.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To increase to an excessive amount."
],
"links": [
[
"excessive",
"excessive"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/bləʊt/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bloʊt/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊt"
},
{
"audio": "En-au-bloat.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/00/En-au-bloat.ogg/En-au-bloat.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/En-au-bloat.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "poduvam se",
"sense": "to cause to become distended",
"word": "подувам се"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podpuhvam",
"sense": "to cause to become distended",
"word": "подпухвам"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to cause to become distended",
"word": "zwellen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to cause to become distended",
"word": "uitdeinen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause to become distended",
"word": "schwellen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause to become distended",
"word": "aufblasen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cause to become distended",
"word": "aufblähen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cause to become distended",
"word": "gonfiare"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to cause to become distended",
"word": "inchar"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to cause to become distended",
"word": "gunchiari"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to cause to become distended",
"word": "vunchiari"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to cause to become distended",
"word": "vunciari"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cause to become distended",
"word": "hinchar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cause to become distended",
"word": "inflar"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to cause to become distended",
"word": "gonfler"
},
{
"code": "ary",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "nfaḵ",
"sense": "to get an overdistended rumen",
"tags": [
"Moroccan-Arabic"
],
"word": "نفخ"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to get an overdistended rumen",
"word": "gonfler"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to get an overdistended rumen",
"word": "météoriser"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to get an overdistended rumen",
"word": "aufblähen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to get an overdistended rumen",
"word": "gonfiarsi"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to get an overdistended rumen",
"word": "gunchiàrisi"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to get an overdistended rumen",
"word": "vunchiàrisi"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to get an overdistended rumen",
"word": "vunciàrisi"
},
{
"code": "shi",
"lang": "Tashelhit",
"roman": "ibzg",
"sense": "to get an overdistended rumen",
"word": "ⵉⴱⵣⴳ"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to get an overdistended rumen",
"word": "boscheter"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to get an overdistended rumen",
"word": "gonfler"
},
{
"code": "ary",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "nfaḵ",
"sense": "to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc",
"tags": [
"Moroccan-Arabic"
],
"word": "نفخ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "naduvam",
"sense": "to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc",
"word": "надувам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izduvam",
"sense": "to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc",
"word": "издувам"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc",
"word": "opblazen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc",
"word": "volpompen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc",
"word": "gonfler"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc",
"word": "bouffir"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc",
"word": "boursoufler"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc",
"word": "aufblasen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc",
"word": "duzzad"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "şişmek",
"sense": "to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc",
"word": "شیشمك"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "kabarmak",
"sense": "to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc",
"word": "قبارمق"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc",
"word": "encher"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "naduvatʹ",
"sense": "to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "надувать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razduvatʹ",
"sense": "to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "раздувать"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc",
"word": "sèid"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc",
"word": "inflar"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc",
"word": "gonfler"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "osoljavam i opušvam",
"sense": "to preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking",
"word": "осолявам и опушвам"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking",
"word": "pekelen"
}
],
"word": "bloat"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 1-syllable words",
"English adjectives",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old Norse",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English uncountable nouns",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/əʊt",
"Rhymes:English/əʊt/1 syllable"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "blot"
},
"expansion": "Middle English blot",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "blout",
"t": "soft; flexible; pliable"
},
"expansion": "blout (“soft; flexible; pliable”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "non",
"3": "blautr",
"4": "",
"5": "soft"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse blautr (“soft”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "blød"
},
"expansion": "Danish blød",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "bloot",
"3": "",
"4": "nude"
},
"expansion": "Dutch bloot (“nude”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "bloß",
"3": "",
"4": "nude"
},
"expansion": "German bloß (“nude”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Perhaps from Middle English blot, blout (“soft; flexible; pliable”), from Old Norse blautr (“soft”). Akin to Danish blød, Dutch bloot (“nude”) and German bloß (“nude”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "bloats",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "bloat (countable and uncountable, plural bloats)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Distention of the abdomen from death."
],
"links": [
[
"Distention",
"distention"
],
[
"death",
"death"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Veterinary medicine"
],
"glosses": [
"Pathological overdistention of rumen with gas in a ruminant."
],
"links": [
[
"veterinary medicine",
"veterinary medicine"
],
[
"rumen",
"rumen"
],
[
"ruminant",
"ruminant"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(veterinary medicine) Pathological overdistention of rumen with gas in a ruminant."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ruminal tympany"
}
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"biology",
"medicine",
"natural-sciences",
"pathology",
"sciences",
"veterinary",
"zoology"
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "Adding an e-mail feature to this simple text editor would be pointless bloat."
}
],
"glosses": [
"Wasteful use of space or other resources."
],
"links": [
[
"space",
"space"
],
[
"resource",
"resource"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) Wasteful use of space or other resources."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"figuratively",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English dated terms",
"English derogatory terms",
"English slang"
],
"glosses": [
"A worthless, dissipated fellow."
],
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(derogatory, slang, dated) A worthless, dissipated fellow."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"dated",
"derogatory",
"slang",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/bləʊt/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bloʊt/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊt"
},
{
"audio": "En-au-bloat.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/00/En-au-bloat.ogg/En-au-bloat.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/En-au-bloat.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "overdistension of rumen",
"word": "météorisme"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "overdistension of rumen",
"word": "tympanisme"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "overdistension of rumen",
"word": "Aufblähen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "overdistension of rumen",
"word": "Tympanie"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "overdistension of rumen",
"word": "boschetaedje"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "overdistension of rumen",
"word": "gonflaedje"
}
],
"word": "bloat"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 1-syllable words",
"English adjectives",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old Norse",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English uncountable nouns",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/əʊt",
"Rhymes:English/əʊt/1 syllable"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "blot"
},
"expansion": "Middle English blot",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "blout",
"t": "soft; flexible; pliable"
},
"expansion": "blout (“soft; flexible; pliable”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "non",
"3": "blautr",
"4": "",
"5": "soft"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse blautr (“soft”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "blød"
},
"expansion": "Danish blød",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "bloot",
"3": "",
"4": "nude"
},
"expansion": "Dutch bloot (“nude”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "bloß",
"3": "",
"4": "nude"
},
"expansion": "German bloß (“nude”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Perhaps from Middle English blot, blout (“soft; flexible; pliable”), from Old Norse blautr (“soft”). Akin to Danish blød, Dutch bloot (“nude”) and German bloß (“nude”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more bloat",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most bloat",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "bloat (comparative more bloat, superlative most bloat)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1602, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, act 3, scene 4: The Queen's Closet",
"text": "Let the bloat king tempt you again to bed",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"bloated."
],
"links": [
[
"bloated",
"bloated"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) bloated."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/bləʊt/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bloʊt/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊt"
},
{
"audio": "En-au-bloat.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/00/En-au-bloat.ogg/En-au-bloat.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/En-au-bloat.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"word": "bloat"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-24 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (82c8ff9 and f4967a5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.