bottle away
C1 neutral separable transitive
In simple words
To put something into bottles to keep it, or to save up feelings and memories inside yourself.
Literal meaning: To put something away by placing it in a bottle — the image of sealing something inside a container for future use.
Meanings
1 C1 neutral
To put liquid, food, or other preservable items into bottles for storage.
"They spent the afternoon bottling away the homemade apple cider before the cold set in."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
Relatively rare. In a literal sense, it refers to the process of filling and sealing bottles, as in food preservation. Figuratively, it can describe mentally putting away or preserving experiences or emotions. Less common than 'bottle up' in the emotional sense. The figurative use is especially rare.
Commonly used with
wine fruit memories feelings summer preserve
Forms
Base
bottle away
I/you/we/they
3rd person
bottles away
he/she/it
Past simple
bottled away
yesterday
Past participle
bottled away
have + pp
-ing form
bottling away
continuous
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