The Meaning of bloat

• (v. t.) To make turgid, as with water or air; to cause a swelling of the surface of, from effusion of serum in the cellular tissue, producing a morbid enlargement, often accompanied with softness.
• (v. t.) To inflate; to puff up; to make vain.
• (v. i.) To grow turgid as by effusion of liquid in the cellular tissue; to puff out; to swell.
• (a.) Bloated.
• (n.) A term of contempt for a worthless, dissipated fellow.
• (v. t.) To dry (herrings) in smoke. See Blote.

Rhymes

afloat , anecdote , antidote , asymptote , bacote , banknote , banxquote , boat , capote , chipote , choat , choate , coat , connote , cote , creosote , cutthroat , demote , denote , devote , dote , ferryboat , flatboat , float , footnote , gloat , goat , groat , grote , gunboat , haute , hinote , houseboat , keynote , kote , lifeboat , misquote , moat , mote , motorboat , note , oat , outvote , overcoat , petticoat , pote , powerboat , promote , quote , raincoat , redcoat , remote , rewrote , roat , rote , rowboat , sailboat , scapegoat , shoat , shote , showboat , sloate , smote , speedboat , sproat , steamboat , stoat , terre-haute , throat , tote , towboat , tugboat , turncoat , uncoat , undercoat , underwrote , unquote , vogt , vote , wrote