English noun: bubble | |||
1. | bubble (object) a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide) | ||
Broader (hypernym) | globule | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | air bubble, foam, froth, soap bubble | ||
2. | bubble (cognition) a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control | ||
Samples | His proposal was nothing but a house of cards. A real estate bubble. | ||
Synonyms | house of cards | ||
Broader (hypernym) | scheme, strategy | ||
3. | bubble (cognition) an impracticable and illusory idea | ||
Samples | He didn't want to burst the newcomer's bubble. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | fancy, fantasy, illusion, phantasy | ||
4. | bubble (artifact) a dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic | ||
Broader (hypernym) | covering | ||
English verb: bubble | |||
1. | bubble (change) form, produce, or emit bubbles | ||
Samples | The soup was bubbling. | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | breathe, emit, pass off | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | effervesce, fizz, foam, form bubbles, froth, sparkle | ||
2. | bubble (perception) flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise | ||
Samples | Babbling brooks. | ||
Synonyms | babble, burble, guggle, gurgle, ripple | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | go, sound | ||
Verb group | gurgle | ||
3. | bubble (motion) rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles | ||
Samples | Bubble to the surface. | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise | ||
4. | bubble (change) cause to form bubbles | ||
Samples | Bubble gas through a liquid. | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
Cause | bubble | ||
5. | bubble (body) expel gas from the stomach | ||
Samples | In China it is polite to burp at the table. | ||
Synonyms | belch, burp, eruct | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | breathe, emit, pass off | ||