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1. (v.t.) inflate
to distend; swell or puff out; dilate.
2. inflate
to expand or distend with air or gas:
to inflate a balloon.
3. inflate
to puff up with pride, satisfaction, etc.
4. inflate
to elate.
5. inflate
to increase unduly, as the level of prices or the amount of a currency.
6. (v.i.) inflate
to become inflated.
Etymology: (1470–80; < L inflāre to blow on or into, puff out =in-in-2+flāre to blow2)
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| Definition of 'inflate' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) inflate, blow up, expand, amplify
exaggerate or make bigger
"The charges were inflated"
2. (verb) inflate, blow up
fill with gas or air
"inflate a balloons"
3. (verb) inflate
cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit
"The war inflated the economy"
4. (verb) inflate
increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value
"inflate the currency"
5. (verb) balloon, inflate, billow
become inflated
"The sails ballooned"
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1. (verb) inflate
to blow up with air
to inflate your bicycle tires
2. inflate
to increase a value or amount
TV executives who were inflating the ratings of their shows
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| Definition of 'inflate' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. inflate
blown in; inflated
2. (verb) inflate
to swell or distend with air or gas; to dilate; to expand; to enlarge; as, to inflate a bladder; to inflate the lungs
3. (verb) inflate
fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one with pride or vanity
4. (verb) inflate
to cause to become unduly expanded or increased; as, to inflate the currency
5. (verb) inflate
to expand; to fill; to distend
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| Definitions of 'inflate' |
The New Hacker's Dictionary |
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1. inflate
To decompress or puff a file. Rare among
Internet hackers, used primarily by MS-DOS/Windows types.
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Sense: to blow up or expand (especially a balloon, tyre or lungs with air)
He used a bicycle pump to inflate the ball.
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 Afrikaans: opblaas |
 Arabic: يَنْفُخ |
 Bulgarian: надувам |
 Brazilian: encher |
 Czech: nafouknout |
 German: aufblasen |
 Danish: puste op |
 Greek: φουσκώνω |
 Spanish: inflar |
 Estonian: täis puhuma, täis pumpama |
 Farsi: باد کردن |
 Finnish: täyttää |
 French: gonfler |
 Hebrew: לְנַפֵּחַ |
 Hindi: फुलाना, फुलाना, सूजन और ज |
 Croatian: napuhivati |
 Hungarian: felfúj |
 Indonesian: menggembungkan, meniup |
 Icelandic: blása upp |
 Italian: gonfiare |
 Japanese: ふくらませる |
 Korean: 팽창하다 |
 Lithuanian: išpūsti, pripūsti |
 Latvian: piepūst |
 Malay: meniup |
 Dutch: opblazen |
 Norwegian: blåse/pumpe opp |
 Polish: nadmuchać |
 Persian: باد کردن |
 Pashto: باد کول |
 Portuguese: encher |
 Romanian: a umfla |
 Russian: надувать, накачивать |
 Slovak: nafúknuť |
 Slovenian: napihniti |
 Serbian: naduvati |
 Swedish: blåsa (pumpa) upp, fylla |
 Thai: พองตัว |
 Turkish: hava ileşiş(ir)mek |
 Taiwanese: 使充氣 |
 Ukrainian: надувати(ся); накачувати |
 Urdu: ہوا یا گیس بھر کے پھلانا |
 Vietnamese: bơm phồng |
 Chinese: 使充气 |
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