Found 3 items, similar to inflate.
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: inflate
inflate
v 1: fill with gas or air;
“inflate a balloons” [syn:
blow up]
[ant:
deflate]
2: exaggerate or make bigger;
“The charges were inflated” [syn:
blow up,
expand,
amplify]
3: cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or
credit;
“The war inflated the economy” [ant:
deflate]
4: increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in
value;
“inflate the currency” [ant:
deflate]
5: become inflated;
“The sails ballooned” [syn:
balloon,
billow]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Inflate
Inflate
\In*flate"\, v. i.
To expand; to fill; to distend.
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Inflate
\In*flate"\, p. a. [L. inflatus, p. p. of inflare to
inflate; pref. in- in + flare to blow. See
Blow to puff
wind.]
Blown in; inflated. --Chaucer.
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Inflate
\In*flate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Inflated; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Inflating.]
1. To swell or distend with air or gas; to dilate; to expand;
to enlarge; as, to inflate a bladder; to inflate the
lungs.
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When passion's tumults in the bosom rise,
Inflate the features, and enrage the eyes. --J.
Scott of
Amwell.
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2. Fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one
with pride or vanity.
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Inflate themselves with some insane delight.
--Tennyson.
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3. To cause to become unduly expanded or increased; as, to
inflate the currency.
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