[bləʊt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make or become swollen with fluid or gas
(e.g: the fungus has bloated their abdomens)


Phrases:

Origin:
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


Phrases:

Origin:
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


Phrases:

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