Main Entry:

²bottle

Function:

transitive verb

Inflected Form(s):

bot·tled; bot·tling \ˈbä-t^əl-iŋ, ˈbät-liŋ\

Date:

1594

1 a: to confine as if in a bottle : restrain —usually used with up<bottling up their anger> b: to put or keep in a position or situation that makes free activity, progress, or escape difficult or impossible —usually used with up<bottle up legislation in committee>2: to put into or as if into a bottle <wished she could bottle their energy>

— bot·tler \ˈbä-t^əl-ər, ˈbät-lər\ noun