- bloated bloat·ed adj
- ['bləʊtɪd]
(also) fig
bloated (with) — gonfio (-a) (di)
English-Italian dictionary. 2013.
bloated bloat·ed adj
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bloated — bloat|ed [ˈbləutıd US ˈblou ] adj [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: bloat to swell (17 21 centuries), from bloat swollen (17 19 centuries), perhaps from Old Norse blautr soft, swollen with liquid ] 1.) full of liquid, gas, food etc, so that you look or… … Dictionary of contemporary English
bloat — bloat1 [blōt] adj. [ME blout, soft < ON blautr; ult. < IE base * bhel , to swell: see BALL1] swollen or distended; puffed up vt., vi. 1. to swell, as with water or air 2. to puff up, as with pride n. ☆ 1. a person or thing th … English World dictionary
bloated — bloat•ed [[t]ˈbloʊ tɪd[/t]] adj. 1) puffed up 2) conceited • Etymology: 1655–65 … From formal English to slang
bloat — /bloht/, v.t. 1. to expand or distend, as with air, water, etc.; cause to swell: Overeating bloated their bellies. 2. to puff up; make vain or conceited: The promotion has bloated his ego to an alarming degree. 3. to cure (fishes) as bloaters.… … Universalium
bloat — v. 1 tr. & intr. inflate, swell (wind bloated the sheets; bloated with gas). 2 tr. (as bloated adj.) a swollen, puffed. b puffed up with pride or excessive wealth (bloated plutocrat). 3 tr. cure (a herring) by salting and smoking lightly.… … Useful english dictionary
bloat — {{11}}bloat (n.) 1860 as a disease of livestock, from BLOAT (Cf. bloat) (v.). Meaning bloatedness is from 1905. {{12}}bloat (v.) 1670s, to cause to swell (earlier, in reference to cured fish, to cause to be soft, 1610s), from now obsolete bloat… … Etymology dictionary
bloated — bloatedness, n. /bloh tid/, adj. 1. swollen; puffed up; overlarge. 2. excessively vain; conceited. 3. excessively fat; obese. [1655 65; BLOAT + ED2] * * * … Universalium
swell — [adj] wonderful awesome, cool*, dandy*, deluxe, desirable, excellent, exclusive, fashionable, fine, fly*, grand, groovy*, keen, marvelous, neat, nifty, plush, posh, ritzy*, smart, stylish, super, terrific; concepts 548,574 Ant. bad, horrible,… … New thesaurus
