| balloon | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. balloon | large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air. |
| ~ gasbag, envelope | the bag containing the gas in a balloon. |
| ~ hot-air balloon | balloon for travel through the air in a basket suspended below a large bag of heated air. |
| ~ lighter-than-air craft | aircraft supported by its own buoyancy. |
| ~ meteorological balloon | a small unmanned balloon set aloft to observe atmospheric conditions. |
| ~ ripcord | a cord that is pulled to open the gasbag of a balloon wide enough to release gas and so causes the balloon to descend. |
| ~ trial balloon | a balloon sent up to test air currents. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. balloon | small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck. |
| ~ plaything, toy | an artifact designed to be played with. |
| v. (motion) | 3. balloon | ride in a hot-air balloon.; "He tried to balloon around the earth but storms forced him to land in China" |
| ~ aviate, pilot, fly | operate an airplane.; "The pilot flew to Cuba" |
| v. (change) | 4. balloon, billow, inflate | become inflated.; "The sails ballooned" |
| ~ reflate | become inflated again. |
| ~ expand | become larger in size or volume or quantity.; "his business expanded rapidly" |
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