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BLOAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bloat mean? 

BLOAT (noun)
  The noun BLOAT has 1 sense:

1. swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gasplay

  Familiarity information: BLOAT used as a noun is very rare.


BLOAT (verb)
  The verb BLOAT has 2 senses:

1. become bloated or swollen or puff upplay

2. make bloated or swollenplay

  Familiarity information: BLOAT used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BLOAT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("bloat" is a kind of...):

lump; puffiness; swelling (an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement)

Derivation:

bloat (become bloated or swollen or puff up)

bloat (make bloated or swollen)


BLOAT (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they bloat  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it bloats  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: bloated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: bloated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: bloating  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Become bloated or swollen or puff up

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

The dead man's stomach was bloated

Hypernyms (to "bloat" is one way to...):

intumesce; swell; swell up; tumefy; tumesce (expand abnormally)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sentence example:

Did his feet bloat?

Derivation:

bloat (swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Make bloated or swollen

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

Hunger bloated the child's belly

Hypernyms (to "bloat" is one way to...):

swell (cause to become swollen)

Cause:

bloat (become bloated or swollen or puff up)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bloat"):

distend (cause to expand as it by internal pressure)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

bloat (swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas)


 Context examples 


Medicines can help reduce gas or the pain and bloating caused by gas.

(Gas, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

A disorder of the intestines commonly marked by abdominal pain, bloating, and changes in a person’s bowel habits.

(IBS, NCI Dictionary)

Clinical signs include abdominal cramping, bloating, flatulence and diarrhea following dietary intake of lactose, maltose or sucrose.

(Intestinal Disaccharidase Deficiency and Disaccharide Malabsorption, NCI Thesaurus)

A question about whether an individual feels or felt bloated.

(Feel Bloated, NCI Thesaurus)

A question about whether an individual feels or felt their abdomen is bloated.

(Feel Abdomen is Bloated, NCI Thesaurus)

Sometimes it causes mild cramps, bloating or constipation.

(Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

Symptoms include burning stomach pain, bloating, heartburn, nausea, and vomiting.

(Dyspepsia, NCI Thesaurus)

Symptoms include burning stomach, bloating, heartburn, nausea and vomiting.

(Dyspepsia, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

A common syndrome manifested by symptoms of bloating, abdominal cramping, constipation, and/or diarrhea.

(Irritable Bowel Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

It can cause abdominal cramping, bloating, and a change in bowel habits.

(Irritable Bowel Syndrome, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)



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