bloat
verb
[ bləʊt ]
• make or become swollen with fluid or gas.
• "the fungus has bloated their abdomens"
bloat
noun
• a disease of livestock characterized by an accumulation of gas in the stomach.
Origin:
late 17th century: from obsolete bloat ‘swollen, soft’, perhaps from Old Norse blautr ‘soft, flabby’.
bloat
verb
• cure (a herring) by salting and smoking it lightly.
Origin:
late 16th century: related to the adjective bloat used in the compound bloat herring ‘bloater’ from the late 16th to mid 17th century; of obscure origin.
