| NOUN | object | bubble | a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide) |
|---|---|---|---|
| cognition | bubble, house of cards | a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control | |
| cognition | bubble | an impracticable and illusory idea | |
| artifact | bubble | a dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic | |
| VERB | change | bubble | form, produce, or emit bubbles |
| perception | bubble, ripple, babble, guggle, burble, gurgle | flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise | |
| motion | bubble | rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles | |
| change | bubble | cause to form bubbles | |
| body | bubble, burp, belch, eruct | expel gas from the stomach |
| Sounds | bah'bahl | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | A hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide). | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | air bubble | A bubble of air |
| foam, froth | A mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid / liquid | |
| soap bubble | A bubble formed by a thin soap film | |
| Broader | globule | A small globe or ball |
| Spanish | burbuja, campanilla, pompa | |
| Catalan | bombolla | |
| Adjectives | bubbly | emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation |
| Verbs | bubble | expel gas from the stomach |
| bubble | form, produce, or emit bubbles | |
| bubble | flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise | |
| Meaning | A speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a real estate bubble" | |
| Synonym | house of cards | |
| Broader | scheme, strategy | An elaborate and systematic plan of action |
| Meaning | An impracticable and illusory idea. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he didn't want to burst the newcomer's bubble" | |
| Broader | illusion, fantasy, phantasy, fancy | Something many people believe that is false / false |
| Meaning | A dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | covering | An artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it) |
| Meaning | form, produce, or emit bubbles. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Caused by | bubble | Cause to form bubbles |
| Narrower | foam, froth, fizz, effervesce, sparkle, form bubbles | Become bubbly or frothy or foaming |
| Broader | emit, breathe, pass off | Expel (gases or odors) |
| See also | bubble over | overflow with a certain feeling |
| Spanish | burbujear | |
| Catalan | bombollejar | |
| Nouns | bubble | a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide) |
| Meaning | Flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | ripple, babble, guggle, burble, gurgle | |
| Broader | sound, go | make a certain noise or sound |
| Similar to | gurgle | make sounds similar to gurgling water |
| Spanish | gorgotear, murmurar | |
| Catalan | brunzir, murmurar, murmurejar, remorejar | |
| Nouns | bubble | a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide) |
| bubbler | a public fountain to provide a jet of drinking water | |
| Meaning | Rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "bubble to the surface" | |
| Broader | rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise | Move upward |
| Meaning | Cause to form bubbles. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "bubble gas through a liquid" | |
| Cause to | bubble | form, produce, or emit bubbles |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Meaning | Expel gas from the stomach. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | burp, belch, eruct | |
| Broader | emit, breathe, pass off | Expel (gases or odors) |
| Spanish | eructar, regoldar | |
| Catalan | eructar, rotar | |
| Nouns | bubble | a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide) |
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