Meaning

7 senses
  1. (transitive)To seal (a liquid) into a bottle for later consumption. Also fig.

    This plant bottles vast quantities of spring water every day.

    in Flaschen abfüllen

    бутили́роватьbutilírovatʹ

  2. (UK, transitive)To feed (an infant) baby formula.

    Because of complications she can't breast feed her baby and so she bottles him.

    die Flasche geben

  3. (UK, slang)To refrain from doing (something) at the last moment because of a sudden loss of courage.

    The rider bottled the big jump.

  4. (UK, slang)To throw away a leading position.

    Arsenal bottled the Premier League.

  5. (UK, slang)To strike (someone) with a bottle.

    He was bottled at a nightclub and had to have facial surgery.

  6. (UK, slang)To pelt (a musical act on stage, etc.) with bottles as a sign of disapproval.

    Meat Loaf was once bottled at Reading Festival.

  7. (intransitive)Of pages printed several on a sheet: to rotate slightly when the sheet is folded two or more times.

More definitions
  • put into bottles
  • store (liquids or gases) in bottles

Examples

1411 sentences
  1. We'd like another bottle of wine.

    Принесіть нам ще одну пляшку вина, будь ласка. — ascolto

    ruМы хотели бы еще бутылку вина. — sharptoothed

    deWir möchten noch eine Flasche Wein. — Dejo

  2. Give me a bottle of wine.

    Дайте мені пляшку вина. — Ahha

    ruДайте мне бутылку вина. — al_ex_an_der

  3. The bottle is filled with water.

    Пляшка повна води. — aandrusiak

    ruБутылка полна воды. — benutzer

    deDie Flasche ist voll Wasser. — benutzer

  4. He filled the bottle with water.

    Він наповнив пляшку водою. — Ahha

    ruОн наполнил бутылку водой. — pandabear

    deEr füllte die Flasche mit Wasser. — Sudajaengi

  5. Tom opened a bottle of wine.

    Том відкоркував пляшку вина. — deniko

    ruТом открыл бутылку вина. — marafon

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
seal (a liquid) into a bottle for later consumption:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
seal (a liquid) into a bottle for later consumption:
feed (an infant) baby formula:

Origin

From Middle English botel (“bottle, flask, wineskin”), from Old French boteille, from Late

From Middle English botel (“bottle, flask, wineskin”), from Old French boteille, from Late Latin butticula, diminutive of buttis (“cask”). Doublet of botija.

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Forms

bottles, bottling, bottled, bottled
Base formbottle · to bottle
3rd person singularbottles
Present participlebottling
Past simplebottled
Past participlebottled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybottle
he, she, itbottles

Past simpleLesson

all personsbottled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bottled
he, she, ithas bottled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bottle

Phrasal verbs

5 phrasal verbs

Word family

10 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • bottle of wine
  • a bottle of
  • bottle of beer
  • three bottles of
  • bottle opener
  • a bottle opener
  • opened the bottle
  • bought three bottles
  • whole bottle of
  • bottle of red
  • bottle with water
  • opening a bottle

See also

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