Bloat vs Blote - What's the difference?
bloat | blote |
to cause to become distended
to fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell
to become distended; to swell up
to fill with vanity or conceit
to preserve by slightly salting and lightly smoking
distention of the abdomen from death
(figurative) wasteful use of space
(derogatory, slang, dated) A worthless, dissipated fellow.
(obsolete) bloated
:{{quote-book, author=(William Shakespeare)
, year=1602
, title=The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
, chapter=Act 3, Scene 4. The Queen's Closet.
As verbs the difference between bloat and blote
is that bloat is to cause to become distended while blote is to cure (herrings, etc.) by salting and smoking them; to bloat.As a noun bloat
is distention of the abdomen from death.As an adjective bloat
is bloated.bloat
English
Verb
(en verb)- (Arbuthnot)
- (Dryden)
- bloated herring
Noun
(en noun)- Adding an e-mail feature to this simple text editor would be pointless bloat .
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=Let the bloat king tempt you again to bed}}