Bloat

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A term of contempt for a worthless, dissipated fellow. [Slang]

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To grow turgid as by effusion of liquid in the cellular tissue; to puff out; to swell. Arbuthnot.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To dry (herrings) in smoke. See Blote.

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

Bloated. [R.] Shak.