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What does bottle up mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word bottle up? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To put into bottles.
  2. (transitive) To prevent (enemy vessels) from leaving an anchorage.
  3. (transitive, idiomatic) To keep suppressed and hidden.
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When you bottlefeed, hold your baby close and tip the bottle up so the teat fills with milk, and not air.
After the valve stem has closed, the servo-controlled return gas and correction tube is inserted into the bottle up to the specified fill level.
I'm a staunch believer in the old idea that one mustn't bottle up one's emotions.
He pulled the cork out with his teeth, tipped the bottle up and drank deep.
E For men and women alike, it's not a good idea to bottle up emotional distress.
The event coordinators even had a local microbrewery bottle up some ISAR beer complete with the ISAR label.

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