opblazen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- blimp noun An airship kept in shape by the pressure of the gas inside it, rather than a rigid frame.
- bloat verb To swell up, especially with gas or fluid.
- explode verb To burst apart suddenly and violently, often with a loud noise.
- inflate verb To fill something with air or gas so that it expands.
- inflation noun A general and sustained rise in prices, which reduces the purchasing power of money.
Senses
opblazen is used for these senses in English:
- blimp (slang, intransitive) To expand like a blimp or balloon; to become fat.
- bloat To fill soft substance with gas, water, etc.; to cause to swell.
- inflate (transitive) To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally
- inflation An act, instance of, or state of expansion or increase in size, especially by injection of a gas or liquid.
- upblow (transitive, archaic) To inflate.
blimp — full definition
- noun An airship kept in shape by the pressure of the gas inside it, rather than a rigid frame.
- noun Informal, sometimes unkind, term for an overweight person.
bloat — full definition
- verb To swell up, especially with gas or fluid.
- verb To fill something with unnecessary bulk or excess.
- noun A swollen, uncomfortable feeling in the stomach, or unnecessary excess in something.