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# bubble

noun (a bubble, bubbles); verb (bubble, bubbles, bubbled, bubbling)

«bubble» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A bubble is a thin round ball of liquid with air or gas inside, like a soap bubble. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bubble/#m1)
2. A bubble is also a ball of air or gas inside a liquid, like the bubbles in fizzy drinks or boiling water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bubble/#m2)
3. To bubble means to make bubbles, like soup bubbling in a pan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bubble/#m3)
4. To bubble with a feeling means to be full of it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bubble/#m4)

### In the lessons

In science, bubbles show gas: when water boils, bubbles of steam rise; fizzy drinks have bubbles of carbon dioxide; plants under water make oxygen bubbles. Soap bubbles show rainbow colours and are always round. In everyday life, children blow bubbles; in safety, a bubbling pan is hot. In comics, words go in speech bubbles. Phrases: blow bubbles, bubble bath, speech bubble, bubble wrap, burst someone's bubble.

### Examples

- The children blew bubbles in the garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bubble/#x1)
- Bubbles rose to the top of the fizzy drink. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bubble/#x2)
- The soup is bubbling; turn the heat down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bubble/#x3)
- Write what the character says in the speech bubble. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bubble/#x4)
- I had a bubble bath with lots of foam. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bubble/#x5)
- Bubbles in boiling water are full of steam. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bubble/#x6)
- She was bubbling with excitement. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bubble/#x7)
- The bubble floated up and popped. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bubble/#x8)
- The children stoop towards him, and the bubble bursts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bubble/#x9)

### Note

Regular verb: bubbled, bubbling. Adjective: bubbly (also means lively and cheerful). «Burst someone's bubble» means to spoil their happy idea. Soap bubbles are round because that shape holds the air with the least skin.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bubble» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bubble/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bubble» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bubble.html) on Mova free.