Definitions
become bloated or swollen or puff up
Word origin
Perhaps from Middle English blot, blout (“soft; flexible; pliable”), from Old Norse blautr (“soft”). Akin to Danish blød, Dutch bloot (“nude”) and German bloß (“nude”).
Used in a sentence
“if a Person of a firm Conſtitution begins to bloat, and from being warm grows cold, his Fibres grow weak, Anxiety and Palpitations of the Heart are a ſign of weak Fibres”
“1675, John Dryden, Prologue to Circe by Dr. Davenant Encourage him, and bloat him up with Praise”
“bloated herring”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Swell up”5 letters
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