bladder

plural bladders · alternative Scotland blather · alternative Scotland blether

1. biologyA flexible sac that can expand and contract and that holds liquids or gases.

   Synonyms: vesica

2. anatomySpecifically, the urinary bladder.

   Synonyms: vesica

3. biologyA 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

   1. A sealed plastic bag that contains wine and is usually packaged in a cask.
6. figurativelyAnything inflated, empty, or unsound.

   to swim with bladders of philosophy

   1711, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, “Sensus Communis”, in Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times

present singular third person bladders · participle present bladdering · participle past bladdered · past bladdered · alternative Scotland blather · alternative Scotland blether

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

   bladder'd up with pride of his own merit

   1610, Giles Fletcher, Christ's Victorie and Triumph, in Heaven, in Earth, over and after Death

2. transitiveTo store or put up in bladders.

   bladdered lard