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verb
- 1. fill (a balloon, tyre, or other expandable structure) with air or gas so that it becomes distended: "never use an air line on a garage forecourt to inflate your tyres"
- 2. increase (something) by a large or excessive amount: "objectives should be clearly set out so as not to duplicate work and inflate costs" Similar Opposite
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INFLATE definition: 1. to make something increase in size by filling it with air, or to increase in size when filled…. Learn more.
The meaning of INFLATE is to swell or distend with air or gas. How to use inflate in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Inflate.
verb. to expand or cause to expand by filling with gas or air. she needed to inflate the tyres. tr to cause to increase excessively; puff up; swell. to inflate one's opinion of oneself. tr to cause inflation of (prices, money, etc) tr to raise in spirits; elate. intr to undergo economic inflation.
If you inflate something such as a balloon or tyre, or if it inflates, it becomes bigger as it is filled with air or a gas.
1. To fill (something) with air or gas so as to make it swell: inflated the balloon with helium. 2. a. To fill with pride; aggrandize: positive reviews that inflated the actor's ego. b. To represent as greater or more important than is in fact the case: inflated the box office receipts to mislead the investors. See Synonyms at exaggerate. 3.
[transitive] inflate something to make something appear to be more important or impressive than it really is. The media have grossly inflated the significance of this meeting. [transitive, intransitive] inflate (something) to increase the price of something; to increase in price.
INFLATE definition: 1. to fill something with air or gas, or to become filled with air or gas: 2. to make something…. Learn more.
Definitions of 'inflate' 1. If you inflate something such as a balloon or tyre, or if it inflates, it becomes bigger as it is filled with air or a gas. [...] 2. If you say that someone inflates the price of something, or that the price inflates, you mean that the price increases. [...] 3.
inflate. /ɪnˈfleɪt/ IPA guide. Other forms: inflated; inflating; inflates. Using your own breath or an air pump, you can inflate a balloon — or anything else you need to pump air into. When you inflate something you fill it with air (or any other gas) to make it expand.
1 [transitive, intransitive] inflate (something) to fill something or become filled with gas or air Inflate your life jacket by pulling sharply on the cord. The balloons had been inflated with helium. When attacked, the fish inflates itself to twice its size. The life jacket failed to inflate.
