Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to bloat
Participle: bloated
Gerund: bloating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | bloat |
| you | bloat |
| he;she;it | bloats |
| we | bloat |
| you | bloat |
| they | bloat |
Perfect
| I | have bloated |
| you | have bloated |
| he;she;it | has bloated |
| we | have bloated |
| you | have bloated |
| they | have bloated |
Past
| I | bloated |
| you | bloated |
| he;she;it | bloated |
| we | bloated |
| you | bloated |
| they | bloated |
Pluperfect
| I | had bloated |
| you | had bloated |
| he;she;it | had bloated |
| we | had bloated |
| you | had bloated |
| they | had bloated |
Future
| I | will bloat |
| you | will bloat |
| he;she;it | will bloat |
| we | will bloat |
| you | will bloat |
| they | will bloat |
Future Perfect
| I | will have bloated |
| you | will have bloated |
| he;she;it | will have bloated |
| we | will have bloated |
| you | will have bloated |
| they | will have bloated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | bloat |
| you | bloat |
| he;she;it | bloat |
| we | bloat |
| you | bloat |
| they | bloat |
Perfect
| I | have bloated |
| you | have bloated |
| he;she;it | have bloated |
| we | have bloated |
| you | have bloated |
| they | have bloated |
Imperfect
| I | bloated |
| you | bloated |
| he;she;it | bloated |
| we | bloated |
| you | bloated |
| they | bloated |
Pluperfect
| I | had bloated |
| you | had bloated |
| he;she;it | had bloated |
| we | had bloated |
| you | had bloated |
| they | had bloated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would bloat |
| you | would bloat |
| he;she;it | would bloat |
| we | would bloat |
| you | would bloat |
| they | would bloat |
Perfect
| I | would have bloated |
| you | would have bloated |
| he;she;it | would have bloated |
| we | would have bloated |
| you | would have bloated |
| they | would have bloated |
Imperative
| you | bloat |
| we | Let's bloat |
| you | bloat |
Verbs conjugated like 'bloat'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'bloat'
blat,
bleat,
blot,
boat,
float,
gloat,
bat,
beat,
behat,
beload,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1300, originally an adj., "soft, flabby," but by 17c. meaning "puffed up, swollen." Perhaps from O.N. blautr "soaked, soft from being cooked in liquid," from P.Gmc. *blaut-, from PIE *bhleu- "to swell, well up, overthrow," extension of root *bhel- "to blow, swell" (see bole). Influenced by or combined with O.E. blawan "blow, puff." The verb sense of "to swell" is first attested 1677. Bloated "overgrown" is from 1664.
2. 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”).
Sample Sentences
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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 [1731, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Aliments, and the Choice of Them, According to the Different Constitutions of Human Bodies. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson […], →OCLC:]
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1675, John Dryden, Prologue to Circe by Dr. Davenant
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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. [December 15 2022, Samanth Subramanian, “Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site”, in The Guardian:]