2. Verb. (third-person singular of balloon) Enlarges, gets bigger. ¹
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Definition of Balloons
1. balloon [v] - See also: balloon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Balloons
Literary usage of Balloons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Four balloons were constructed for the armies of the north, of the Sambre ...
An attempt was made to revive the use of balloons in the African campaign of ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1835)
"583 of your last number is a paper from Mr. Clark, on balloons, and the date of
their invention, in which he says, “While pursuing my antiquarian researches ..."
3. The Hague Conventions and Declarations of 1899 and 1907: Accompanied by by James Brown Scott (1918)
"1907 DECLARATION (XIV) prohibiting the discharge of projectiles and explosives
from balloons.— Signed at The Hague, October 18, 1907.1 The undersigned, ..."
4. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1896)
"Fifty ascents were made in free balloons, and twenty-five in captive balloons,
with the primary object of revising and extending the results obtained by ..."
5. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1908)
"THE LAUNCHING OF PROJECTILES FROM balloons In the marked development which has
recently taken place in aerial navigation, attention has not infrequently ..."
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