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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Balloon \Bal*loon"\, v. t. To take up in or as if in a balloon. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Balloon \Bal*loon"\, v. i. 1. To go up or voyage in a balloon. 2. To expand, or puff out like a balloon. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Balloon \Bal*loon"\, n. [F. ballon, aug. of balle ball: cf It ballone See 1st {Ball}, n., and cf {Pallone}.] 1. A bag made of silk or other light material, and filled with hydrogen gas or heated air, so as to rise and float in the atmosphere; especially, one with a car attached for a["e]rial navigation. 2. (Arch.) A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc., as at St Paul's, in London. [R.] 3. (Chem.) A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form 4. (Pyrotechnics) A bomb or shell. [Obs.] 5. A game played with a large inflated ball. [Obs.] 6. (Engraving) The outline inclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure. {Air balloon}, a balloon for a["e]rial navigation. {Balloon frame} (Carp.), a house frame constructed altogether of small timber. {Balloon net}, a variety of woven lace in which the weft threads are twisted in a peculiar manner around the warp. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: balloon n 1: large tough non-rigid bag filled with gas or hot air 2: small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck v 1: ride in a hot air balloon 2: become inflated; "The sails ballooned" [syn: {inflate}, {billow}]
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