Definition of inflates Inflates
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What does inflates mean?
Part of speech
🔤- inflates, verb, present, 3rd person singular of inflate (infinitive).
WordNet
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| inflate - fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons" | ||
| blow up | ||
| deflate become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air; "The balloons deflated" | ||
| expand become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly" | ||
| reflate become inflated again | ||
| billow, surge, heave rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged forward" | ||
| inflate - cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit; "The war inflated the economy" | ||
| deflate become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air; "The balloons deflated" | ||
| modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" | ||
| reflate become inflated again | ||
| inflate - exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated" | ||
| blow up, expand, amplify | ||
| increase make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted" | ||
| puff up make larger or distend; "The estimates were puffed up" | ||
| inflate - increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value; "inflate the currency" | ||
| deflate become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air; "The balloons deflated" | ||
| trim back, trim down, cut back, bring down, cut down, trim, reduce, cut return in time; "the film cut back to an earlier event in the story" | ||
| inflate - become inflated; "The sails ballooned" | ||
| balloon, billow | ||
| expand become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly" | ||
| reflate become inflated again | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- inflate (p. a.)
Blown in; inflated. - inflate (v. t.)
To swell or distend with air or gas; to dilate; to expand; to enlarge; as, to inflate a bladder; to inflate the lungs. - inflate (v. t.)
Fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one with pride or vanity. - inflate (v. t.)
To cause to become unduly expanded or increased; as, to inflate the currency. - inflate (v. i.)
To expand; to fill; to distend.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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inflate
To exaggerate or make bigger. -
inflate
To fill with gas or air. -
inflate
To cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit. -
inflate
To become inflated.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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inflate
in-flāt′, v.t. to swell with air: to puff up, elate.—adj. Inflat′ed, swollen or blown out: turgid.—adv. Inflat′ingly.—ns. Inflā′tion, state of being puffed up; Inflā′tus, a breathing into: inspiration. [L. inflāre, -ātum—in, into, flāre, to blow.]
Part of speech
🔤- inflate, verb, present, 1st person singular of inflate (infinitive).
- inflate, verb (infinitive).
