How do you pronounce bloat?

The recorded pronunciation is /bloʊt/.

Where does bloat come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

bloat

/bloʊt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.60 in modern English

Syllables: bloat
IPA: /bloʊt/

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Meaning

verb

To cause to become distended.

verb

To get an overdistended rumen, talking of a ruminant.

Intransitive verb

verb

To fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell.

verb

To become distended; to swell up.

Intransitive verb

verb

To fill with vanity or conceit.

verb

To preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking.

Dated

verb

To increase to an excessive amount.

noun

Distention of the abdomen from death.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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 Fibres"
"1675, John Dryden, Prologue to Circe by Dr. Davenant Encourage him, and bloat him up with Praise"
"bloated herring"
"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."
"Adding an e-mail feature to this simple text editor would be pointless bloat."
"A group of hippos is called a bloat."

Etymology

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”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: blot, blautr

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /bloʊt/
British English: /bləʊt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

bloats (present, singular) bloating (participle, present) bloated (participle, past) bloated (past) bloats (plural) more bloat (comparative) most bloat (superlative)

Derived Forms

antibloat bloatable bloatation bloater bloatsome bloatware bloaty bufferbloat debloat overbloat unbloat

Frequently Paired Words

overfeatured

Synonyms

ruminal tympany

Rhymes With

vote wrote note boat promote quote remote coat throat goat float devote

bloat

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