balloon
1. large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air (Freq. 3)
• Derivationally related forms:
balloonist
• Hypernyms:
lighter-than-air craft
• Hyponyms:
hot-air balloon, meteorological balloon, trial balloon
• Part Meronyms:
envelope, gasbag, ripcord
2. small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
plaything, toy
1. ride in a hot-air balloon
- He tried to balloon around the earth but storms forced him to land in China
• Derivationally related forms:
balloonist
• Hypernyms:
fly, aviate, pilot
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
2. become inflated
- The sails ballooned
• Syn:
inflate, billow
• Derivationally related forms:
inflation (for: inflate)
• Hypernyms:
expand
• Hyponyms:
reflate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
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