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[bləʊt], (Verb)
Definitions:
- make or become swollen with fluid or gas
(e.g: the fungus has bloated their abdomens)
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Origin
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late 17th century: from obsolete bloat ‘swollen, soft’, perhaps from Old Norse blautr ‘soft, flabby’
[bləʊt], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a disease of livestock characterized by an accumulation of gas in the stomach
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Origin
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late 17th century: from obsolete bloat ‘swollen, soft’, perhaps from Old Norse blautr ‘soft, flabby’
[bləʊt], (Verb)
Definitions:
- cure (a herring) by salting and smoking it lightly
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Origin
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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
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