1-Stop Dictionary Reference

Deflate

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

v. To release contained air or gas from.

v. To collapse by releasing contained air or gas.

v. To reduce or lessen the size or importance of: Losing the contest deflated my ego.

v. Economics To reduce the amount or availability of (currency or credit), effecting a decline in prices.

v. Economics To produce deflation in (an economy).

verb-intransitive. To be or become deflated: The balloon deflated slowly.

v. To cause an object to decrease or become smaller in some parameter, e.g. to shrink

v. (economics) To reduce the amount of available currency or credit and thus lower prices.

v. To become deflated.

v. To let down or disappoint.

v. To reduce from an inflated condition; used literally and metaphorically.

To remove the air from: the opposite of inflate.

v. release contained air or gas from

v. reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices

v. produce deflation in

v. become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air

v. collapse by releasing contained air or gas

v. reduce or lessen the size or importance of

"Drop the dough in (it will deflate, which is fine) and spread it vaguely around the pan."

inflate bloat

deflated deflates deflating

Words that are more generic or abstract

turn release cut down cutback trim down

Words with the same meaning

exhaust empty flatten

Words with the same terminal sound

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