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Bladder

//ˈblædə// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A flexible sac that can expand and contract and that holds liquids or gases.
  2. 2
    a bag that fills with air wordnet
  3. 3
    Specifically, the urinary bladder.
  4. 4
    a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas) wordnet
  5. 5
    A hollow, inflatable organ of a plant.
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  1. 6
    The inflatable bag inside various balls used in sports, such as footballs and rugby balls.
  2. 7
    A container in the form of a flexible bag.

    "a fuel bladder"

  3. 8
    A container in the form of a flexible bag.; A sealed plastic bag that contains wine and is usually packaged in a cask.
  4. 9
    Anything inflated, empty, or unsound. figuratively

    "to swim with bladders of philosophy"

Verb
  1. 1
    To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate.

    "bladder'd up with pride of his own mcrit"

  2. 2
    To store or put up in bladders. transitive

    "bladdered lard"

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

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”).

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