balloon
To increase or expand rapidlyTo increase or expand rapidly.
» Blow these balloons up for me.
Надуй мені ці кульки. — deniko
Надуйте мені ці кульки. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
6 senses(intransitive)To increase or expand rapidly.
His stomach ballooned from eating such a large meal.
Prices will balloon if we don't act quickly.
увеличиватьсяuveličivatʹsja, раздуватьсяrazduvatʹsja, растиrasti
(intransitive)To go up or voyage in a balloon.
ride in a hot-air balloon
(transitive)To take up in, or as if in, a balloon.
(transitive)To inflate like a balloon.
(transitive)To strike (a ball) so that it flies high in the air.
Of an aircraft: to plunge alternately up and down.
Examples
273 sentencesBlow these balloons up for me.
Надуй мені ці кульки. — deniko
Tom blew up a balloon and gave it to Mary.
Том надув кульку й дав її Мері. — deniko
Have you ever ridden in a hot air balloon?
Ви колись літали на повітряній кулі? — Internecivus
ruВы когда-либо летали на воздушном шаре? — al_ex_an_der
deBist du schon einmal in einem Heißluftballon gefahren? — Manfredo
Tom blew up the balloon.
Том надув кульку. — deniko
ruТом надул шарик. — marafon
deTom blies den Ballon auf. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom blew the balloon up.
Том надув кульку. — deniko
ruТом надул шарик. — marafon
deTom blies den Ballon auf. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
First use appears c. 1591, "a game played with a large, inflated leather ball" (possibly vFirst use appears c. 1591, "a game played with a large, inflated leather ball" (possibly via Middle French ballon) from Italian pallone (“large ball”) from palla (“ball”), from Lombardic *palla. The Northern Italian form, balla (“ball-shaped bundle”), today a doublet, likely derived from Old French balle, from Frankish *balla (“ball”), and may have influenced the spelling of this word. Both Germanic words are from Proto-Germanic *ballô (“ball”), *balluz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoln- (“bubble”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, swell, inflate”). Akin to Old High German ballo, bal (“ball”), (German Ballen (“bale”); Ball "ball"). Doublet of ballon. More at ball.
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Forms
balloons, ballooning, ballooned, balloonedSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
5 patterns- hot air balloon
- blew the balloons
- up the balloons
- the balloons up
- air balloon