The meaning of Balloon

noun

A power-driven aircraft that is kept buoyant by a body of gas (usually helium, formerly hydrogen) which is lighter than air.

Usage examples:

Academics are developing ways to replace satellites and mobile telephone masts with solar-powered a…

noun

A large aircraft without wings, used especially in the past, consisting of a large bag filled with gas that is lighter than air and driven by engines. passengers were carried in a structure hanging below.

noun

A flexible container with an opening at the top, used for carrying things.

Usage examples:

He arrived at the children's ward carrying a bag full of toys for the young patients

verb

Put (something) in a bag.

Usage examples:

Customers bagged their own groceries

noun

A pompous, reactionary type of person.

Usage examples:

You'll still find colonel blimps at local party level

noun

An aircraft without wings, consisting of a very large bag that is filled with gas and has a structure attached to the bottom in which people ride, which moves and turns under power provided by engines

noun

A large aircraft without wings, consisting of a large bag filled with gas that is lighter than air and driven by engines. in the past passengers were carried in a structure hanging below.

phrasal verb

Explode.

Usage examples:

The car blew up as soon as it hit the wall

phrasal verb

Lose one's temper.

Usage examples:

Mum had blown up at dad with more than her usual vehemence

phrasal verb

Inflate.

Usage examples:

My stomach had started to blow up

verb

Make or become wider, larger, or more open.

Usage examples:

Her eyes dilated with horror

verb

To become or make something, esp. an opening, wider or more open

Usage examples:

[ t ] the doctor put drops in my eyes to dilate the pupils.

adjective

Capable of being steered, guided, or directed.

Usage examples:

A dirigible spotlight

noun

An airship.

Usage examples:

Within the bureau and the fleet, moffett concentrated on the development of patrol and scouting sea…

noun

A large aircraft without wings, consisting of a large bag filled with gas that is lighter than air and driven by engines. the pilot, passengers, etc. travel in a structure hanging below.

verb

Swell or cause to swell by pressure from inside.

Usage examples:

The abdomen distended rapidly

verb

(usually of the stomach or another part of the body) to swell and become large, especially because of pressure from inside

Usage examples:

During digestion, sugar may produce wind that distends the stomach., the medication i take causes m…

noun

A flat paper container with a sealable flap, used to enclose a letter or document.

Usage examples:

They are all instant communications that are far less bother than putting pen to paper, finding an …

noun

A usually rectangular paper container for a letter

Usage examples:

Don’t forget to put a stamp on the envelope.

noun

A flat, usually square or rectangular, paper container for a letter

Usage examples:

A brown/manila envelope, a sealed envelope, the papers were handed to me in a transparent plastic e…

verb

Become or make larger or more extensive.

Usage examples:

Their business expanded into other hotels

verb

Extend in one or more directions

verb

To increase something in size, number, or importance

Usage examples:

[ i ] the air in the balloon expands when heated., [ t ] they expanded their number of stores signi…

noun

A person who talks excessively about trivial things.

Usage examples:

Wearisome gasbags with delusions of grandeur

noun

A person who always talks too much

verb

Fill (a balloon, tyre, or other expandable structure) with air or gas so that it becomes distended.

Usage examples:

Never use an air line on a garage forecourt to inflate your tyres

verb

To cause an object to increase in size and shape by filling it with air or gas, or (of an object) to become larger as a result of this process

Usage examples:

[ t ] to inflate balloons, [ i ] air bags in cars are designed to inflate automatically on impact.,…

verb

To increase the value or price of something, or to become more valuable or expensive

Usage examples:

People who bought homes years ago have seen the values inflate and property taxes rise with the inf…

proper noun

Joseph michel (1740–1810) and jacques étienne (1745–99), french inventors and pioneers in hot-air ballooning. in 1782 they built a large balloon from linen and paper and successfully lifted a number of animals; the first human ascents followed in 1783.

noun

A large german dirigible airship of the early 20th century, long and cylindrical in shape and with a rigid framework. zeppelins were used during the first world war for reconnaissance and bombing, and after the war as passenger transports until the 1930s.

Usage examples:

Relics from a golden age of flight when zeppelins and airships ruled the skies have been on sale at…

noun

A large airship (= an aircraft without wings, containing gas to make it lighter than air, and with an engine)