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noun | verb bottlebottle1 /ˈbɑt̮l/ ●●● S1 W2 noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYbottle1Origin: 1300-1400 Old French bouteille, from Late Latin buttis wooden container for liquid ► hit the bottle After his wife left, Judd hit the bottle (=started drinking a lot of alcohol regularly) pretty hard. 1 a container with a narrow top for keeping liquids in, usually made of glass or plastic: an empty wine bottlebottle of a bottle of shampoo2 (also bottleful) the amount of liquid that a bottle contains: I only want one glass, not a whole bottle.3a container for babies to drink from, with a rubber part on top that they suck on: Do you want me to give Kayla her bottle?4the bottle alcoholic drink – usually used when talking about the problems that drinking can cause: Peter let the bottle ruin his life. After his wife left, Judd hit the bottle (=started drinking a lot of alcohol regularly) pretty hard. [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French bouteille, from Late Latin buttis wooden container for liquid] → see also bring your own bottle at bring (21) noun | verb bottlebottle2 verb [transitive] VERB TABLEbottle |
Present | I, you, we, they | bottle | | he, she, it | bottles | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | bottled | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have bottled | | he, she, it | has bottled | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had bottled | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will bottle | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have bottled |
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Present | I | am bottling | | he, she, it | is bottling | | you, we, they | are bottling | Past | I, he, she, it | was bottling | | you, we, they | were bottling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been bottling | | he, she, it | has been bottling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been bottling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be bottling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been bottling |
to put a liquid, especially wine or beer, into a bottle after you have made it: wine bottled in Oregon → see also bottlerbottle something ↔ up phrasal verb1to deliberately not allow yourself to show a strong feeling or emotion: If you bottle up all that anger, you’ll make yourself sick.2to cause problems by delaying something: The bill has been bottled up in Congress for months. |