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
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Bloat
//bləʊt//
Synonyms for "bloat" (121 found)
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Closest matches (25)
Strong matches (36)
Related words (60)
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6 entriesTranslations
54 translations across 16 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- نفخ verb (to get an overdistended rumen)
- نفخ verb (to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc)
Bulgarian
4 entries- издувам verb (to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc)
- надувам verb (to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc)
- осолявам и опушвам verb (to preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking)
- подпухвам verb (to cause to become distended)
Dutch
4 entries- opblazen verb (to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc)
- pekelen verb (to preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking)
- uitdeinen verb (to cause to become distended)
- volpompen verb (to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc)
Esperanto
1 entries- ŝveli verb (to get an overdistended rumen)
French
4 entries- météorisme noun (overdistension of rumen)
- tympanisme noun (overdistension of rumen)
- bouffir verb (to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc)
- boursoufler verb (to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc)
German
4 entries- Aufblähen noun (overdistension of rumen)
- Tympanie noun (overdistension of rumen)
- aufblasen verb (to cause to become distended)
- aufblasen verb (to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc)
Hungarian
1 entries- duzzad verb (to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc)
Italian
2 entries- gonfiare verb (to cause to become distended)
- gonfiarsi verb (to get an overdistended rumen)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- شیشمك verb (to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc)
- قبارمق verb (to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc)
Portuguese
2 entries- encher verb (to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc)
- inchar verb (to cause to become distended)
Russian
2 entries- надувать verb (to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc)
- раздувать verb (to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- sèid verb (to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc)
Sicilian
4 entries- gunchiari verb (to cause to become distended)
- gunchiàrisi verb (to get an overdistended rumen)
- vunchiari verb (to cause to become distended)
- vunchiàrisi verb (to get an overdistended rumen)
Spanish
4 entries- hinchamiento noun (overdistension of rumen)
- hinchar verb (to cause to become distended)
- inflar verb (to cause to become distended)
- inflar verb (to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc)
Tashelhit
1 entries- ⵉⴱⵣⴳ verb (to get an overdistended rumen)
Walloon
4 entries- boschetaedje noun (overdistension of rumen)
- gonflaedje noun (overdistension of rumen)
- boscheter verb (to get an overdistended rumen)
- gonfler verb (to cause to become distended)
Sample sentences
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1675, John Dryden, Prologue to Circe by Dr. Davenant Encourage him, and bloat him up with Praise
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bloated herring
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In the UK, the fraction of electricity generated by nuclear plants has slid steadily downwards, from 25% in the 1990s to 16% in 2020. Of the five nuclear stations still producing power, only one will run beyond 2028. Hinkley Point C, the first new nuclear plant in a generation, is being built in Somerset, but its cost has bloated to more than £25bn.
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