bladder
nounverbattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈblædə//
- United States//ˈblædɚ//
A flexible sac that can expand and contract and that holds liquids or gases.
noun
- 1
A flexible sac that can expand and contract and that holds liquids or gases.
- 2
Specifically, the urinary bladder.
- 3
A hollow, inflatable organ of a plant.
- 4
The inflatable bag inside various balls used in sports, such as footballs and rugby balls.
- 5
A container in the form of a flexible bag.
a fuel bladder
- 6
A container in the form of a flexible bag. A sealed plastic bag that contains wine and is usually packaged in a cask.
- 7
figurativeAnything inflated, empty, or unsound.
to swim with bladders of philosophy
Etymology
From Middle English bladdre, bleddre, bladder, bledder, from Old English blæddre, a variant of blǣdre, blēdre (“blister, bladder”), from Proto-West Germanic *blādrā, from Proto-Germanic *blēdrǭ, *bladrǭ (“blister, bladder”).
verb
- 1
To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate.
bladder'd up with pride of his own merit
- 2
To store or put up in bladders.
bladdered lard
Forms
- plural
- bladders
- past tense
- bladdered
- past participle
- bladdered
- present participle
- bladdering
- third person singular
- bladders
bladder · A flexible sac that can expand and contract and that holds liquids or gases.
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