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Webster 1913 Edition


Bladder

Blad′der

(blăd′dẽr)
,
Noun.
[OE.
bladder
,
bleddre
, AS.
blǣdre
,
blǣddre
; akin to Icel.
blaðra
, SW.
bläddra
, Dan.
blære
, D.
blaar
, OHG.
blātara
the bladder in the body of animals, G.
blatter
blister, bustule; all fr. the same root as AS.
blāwan
, E.
blow
, to puff. See
Blow
to puff.]
1.
(Anat.)
A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the receptacle of some fluid;
as, the urinary
bladder
; the gall
bladder
; – applied especially to the urinary bladder, either within the animal, or when taken out and inflated with air.
2.
Any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or a thin, watery fluid.
3.
(Bot.)
A distended, membranaceous pericarp.
4.
Anything inflated, empty, or unsound.
“To swim with bladders of philosophy.”
Rochester.
Bladder nut
, or
Bladder tree
(Bot.)
,
a genus of plants (
Staphylea
) with bladderlike seed pods.
Bladder pod
(Bot.)
,
a genus of low herbs (
Vesicaria
) with inflated seed pods.
Bladdor senna
(Bot.)
,
a genus of shrubs (
Colutea
), with membranaceous, inflated pods.
Bladder worm
(Zool.)
,
the larva of any species of tapeworm (
Tænia
), found in the flesh or other parts of animals. See
Measle
,
Cysticercus
.
Bladder wrack
(Bot.)
,
the common black rock weed of the seacoast (
Fucus nodosus
and
Fucus vesiculosus
) – called also
bladder tangle
. See
Wrack
.

Blad′der

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bladdered
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Bladdering
.]
1.
To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate.
[Obs.]
G. Fletcher.
2.
To put up in bladders;
as,
bladdered
lard
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Bladder

BLAD'DER

, n.[Eng.a blade; L.latus.]
1.
A thin membranous bag in animals, which serves as the receptacle of some secreted fluid, as the urinary bladder, the gall bladder, &c. By way of eminence, the word, in common language, denotes the urinary bladder, either within the animal, or when taken out and inflated with air.
2.
Any vesicle, blister or pustule, especially if filled with air, or a thin, watery liquor.
3.
In botany, a distended membranaceous pericarp.

Definition 2024


bladder

bladder

English

Alternative forms

Noun

bladder (plural bladders)

  1. (zoology) A flexible sac that can expand and contract and that holds liquids or gases.
  2. (anatomy) Specifically, the urinary bladder.
  3. (botany) A hollow, inflatable organ of a plant.
  4. The inflatable bag inside various balls used in sports, such as footballs and rugby balls.
  5. A sealed plastic bag that contains wine and is usually packaged in a cask.
  6. (figuratively) Anything inflated, empty, or unsound.
    • Rochester
      to swim with bladders of philosophy

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Verb

bladder (third-person singular simple present bladders, present participle bladdering, simple past and past participle bladdered)

  1. To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of G. Fletcher to this entry?)
  2. (transitive) To store or put up in bladders.
    bladdered lard

Dutch

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Noun

bladder f, m (plural bladders, diminutive bladdertje n)

  1. blister, particularly of paint