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