Ballooning - English meaning

bəˈluː.nɪŋ

Ballooning – definitions in English dictionary

noun
The sport or pastime of flying in a balloon.
Usage examples:
He took up ballooning in 1907

verb
Swell out in a spherical shape.
Usage examples:
The trousers ballooned out below his waist
Synonims:
Swell (out)Puff out/upBulge (out)BagBelly (out)Fill (out)Billow (out)Blow upInflateDistendExpandDilate
verb
(with reference to a ball) lob or be lobbed high in the air.
Usage examples:
The ball ballooned into the air
verb
Travel by hot-air balloon.
Usage examples:
He is famous for ballooning across oceans

noun
The sport or hobby of flying in a hot-air balloon (= a very large bag that is filled with hot air or gas and can carry people in a basket (= open container) hanging under it)
Usage examples:
Ballooning caught the public's imagination with some high-profile long-distance events., the annual…

Ballooning translation into English

Ballooning: translate from English into Chinese

热气球

Ballooning: translate from English into Dutch

Ballonvaren

Ballooning: translate from English into French

Montgolfière, Gonfler, Être ballonné

Ballooning: translate from English into German

Ballonfahren

Ballooning: translate from English into Hindi

गुब्बारों, विस्फार, विस्फारण, गुब्बारेबाजी

Ballooning: translate from English into Italian

Mongolfiera

Ballooning: translate from English into Korean

열기구, 부풀게 하다

Ballooning: translate from English into Russian

Полет на воздушном шаре, Подниматься на воздушном шаре, Раздуваться, Надувать

Ballooning: translate from English into Spanish

Globos aerostáticos, Hincharse, Ir en globo, Subir rápidamente

Word origin

late 16th century (originally denoting a game played with a large inflated leather ball): from French ballon or Italian ballone ‘large ball’.

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Ballooning – similar words

ballooned

bəˈluːn

verb
Swell out in a spherical shape.
Usage examples:
The trousers ballooned out below his waist

noun
A small coloured rubber bag that is inflated with air and then sealed at the neck, used as a child's toy or a decoration.
Usage examples:
The room was festooned with balloons and streamers

noun
A large bag filled with hot air or gas to make it rise in the air, typically one carrying a basket for passengers.
Usage examples:
He set his sights on crossing the pacific by balloon

Ballooned - all meanings in English

balloon

bəˈluːn

noun
A small coloured rubber bag that is inflated with air and then sealed at the neck, used as a child's toy or a decoration.
Usage examples:
The room was festooned with balloons and streamers

verb
A small coloured rubber bag which is inflated with air and then sealed at the neck, used as a child's toy or a decoration.
Usage examples:
The room was festooned with balloons and streamers

noun
A small, thin rubber bag that you blow air into or fill with a light gas until it is round in shape, used for decoration, as a children's toy, or for other purposes such as medical treatment or scientific research
Usage examples:
We tied balloons and streamers to the ceiling ready for the party., angioplasty is a medical proced…

Balloon - all meanings in English

Ballooning synonims

bag

bæɡ

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 soft container made out of paper or thin plastic, and open at the top, used to hold foods and other goods
Usage examples:
A paper/plastic bag, a bag of apples/nuts, don't eat that whole bag of (= the amount the bag contai…

Bag - all meanings in English

Blow Up

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

Blow up - all meanings in English

dilate

daɪˈleɪt

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.

verb
To (cause a part of the body to) become wider or further open
Usage examples:
The pupils of the eyes dilate as darkness increases., this drug will dilate the arteries.

Dilate - all meanings in English

distend

dɪˈstend

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…

Distend - all meanings in English

expand

ɪkˈspænd

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…

Expand - all meanings in English

inflate

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…

Inflate - all meanings in English

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