Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bloated"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bloat \Bloat\ (bl[=o]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bloated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Bloating}.] [Cf. Icel. blotna to become soft, blautr
soft, wet, Sw. bl["o]t soft, bl["o]ta to soak; akin to G.
bloss bare, and AS. ble['a]t wretched; or perh. fr. root of
Eng. 5th blow. Cf. {Blote}.]
1. 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.
2. To inflate; to puff up; to make vain. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bloated \Bloat"ed\ (bl[=o]t"[e^]d), p. a.
Distended beyond the natural or usual size, as by the
presence of water, serum, etc.; turgid; swollen; as, a
bloated face. Also, puffed up with pride; pompous.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bloated
adj : abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry
children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly
distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids";
"swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy tumid
flesh" [syn: {distended}, {puffed}, {puffy}, {swollen},
{tumescent}, {tumid}, {turgid}]
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