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  1. 1. n. 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 aerial navigation. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc., as at St. Paul's, in London. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. A bomb or shell. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. A game played with a large inflated ball. Source: opted
  6. 6. n. The outline inclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure. Source: opted
  7. 7. v. t. To take up in, or as if in, a balloon. Source: opted
  8. 8. v. i. To go up or voyage in a balloon. Source: opted
  9. 9. v. i. To expand, or puff out, like a balloon. Source: opted
  10. 10. n. large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air Source: wordnet
  11. 11. n. small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck Source: wordnet
  12. 12. v. ride in a hot-air balloon Source: wordnet

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