ALL meanings of bottle up
bot·tle up
B b - phrasal verb bottle up If you bottle up strong feelings, you do not express them or show them, especially when this makes you tense or angry. 3
- verb bottle up to restrain (powerful emotion) 3
- verb bottle up to keep (an army or other force) contained or trapped 3
- noun bottle up to shut in, as enemy troops 3
- noun bottle up to hold in or suppress, as emotions 3
- noun bottle up a portable container for holding liquids, characteristically having a neck and mouth and made of glass or plastic. 1
- noun bottle up the contents of such a container; as much as such a container contains: a bottle of wine. 1
- noun bottle up bottled cow's milk, milk formulas, or substitute mixtures given to infants instead of mother's milk: raised on the bottle. 1
- noun bottle up the bottle, intoxicating beverages; liquor: He became addicted to the bottle. 1
- verb with object bottle up to put into or seal in a bottle: to bottle grape juice. 1
- verb with object bottle up British. to preserve (fruit or vegetables) by heating to a sufficient temperature and then sealing in a jar. 1
- idioms bottle up hit the bottle, Slang. to drink alcohol to excess often or habitually. 1
- transitivephrasal verb bottle up repress: feelings, energy 1
- transitivephrasal verb bottle up repress: feelings, energy 1
- verb bottle up (Transitive Verb) Put into bottles. 0
- verb bottle up (Transitive Verb) Prevent enemy vessels of leaving an anchorage. 0
- verb bottle up (Transitive Verb) IDI Kept suppressed and hidden. 0