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 Definitions of deflate  [ɪˈfleɪt]  

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Definition of 'deflate' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) deflate
to release the air or gas from (something inflated, as a balloon).

2.  deflate
to depress or reduce (a person or a person's ego, hopes, etc.); puncture; dash.

3.  deflate
to reduce (currency, prices, etc.) from an inflated condition.

4. (v.i.) deflate
to become deflated.

Etymology:  (1890–95; de - +(in)flate)

Definition of 'deflate' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) deflate
collapse by releasing contained air or gas
"deflate a balloon"

2. (verb) deflate
release contained air or gas from
"deflate the air mattress"

3. (verb) deflate, puncture
reduce or lessen the size or importance of
"The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence"

4. (verb) deflate
produce deflation in
"The new measures deflated the economy"

5. (verb) deflate
reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices
"deflate the currency"

6. (verb) deflate
become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air
"The balloons deflated"


Definition of 'deflate' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) deflate
to cause or have air escape
The tire deflated.; to deflate the ball


Definition of 'deflate' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) deflate
to reduce from an inflated condition


Translation of 'deflate' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to let gas out of (a tyre etc).

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: afblaas, lug uitlaat Arabic flag Arabic: يُفْرِغُ من الهَواء Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: изпразвам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: esvaziar Czech flag Czech: vypustit (plyn, vzduch) German flag German: Luft herauslassen aus
Danish flag Danish: punktere; lukke luft ud Greek flag Greek: ξεφουσκώνω Spanish flag Spanish: desinflar, deshinchar
Estonian flag Estonian: õhust tühjaks laskma Farsi flag Farsi: باد چیزی را خالی کردن؛ بی Finnish flag Finnish: tyhjentää
French flag French: dégonfler Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהוֹצִיא אָוִויר Hindi flag Hindi: भरी हुई हवा निकालना
Croatian flag Croatian: ispustit zrak, isprazniti Hungarian flag Hungarian: kienged Indonesian flag Indonesian: mengempiskan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hleypa loftiúr Italian flag Italian: sgonfiare Japanese flag Japanese: ~の空気・ガスを抜く
Korean flag Korean: 공기를 빼다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: išleisti orą/dujas Latvian flag Latvian: izlaist; izsūknēt (gaisu,
Malay flag Malay: kempis Dutch flag Dutch: lucht uitlaten Norwegian flag Norwegian: slippe lufta ut av
Polish flag Polish: opróżnić Persian flag Persian: باد چیزی را خالی کردن؛ بی Pashto flag Pashto: هوا ايستل، تشول (لكه دباد
Portuguese flag Portuguese: esvaziar Romanian flag Romanian: a dezumfla Russian flag Russian: спускать
Slovak flag Slovak: vypustiť vzduch Slovenian flag Slovenian: izpustiti (zrak) Serbian flag Serbian: ispustiti
Swedish flag Swedish: släppa luften ur Thai flag Thai: ทำให้แฟบ Turkish flag Turkish: söndürmek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 抽出…中的氣,放氣 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: викачувати; випускати Urdu flag Urdu: بچکانا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: xả hơi Chinese flag Chinese: 使瘪下去,放气

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