Inflate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To fill (something) with air or gas so as to make it swell.
  • v. To enlarge or amplify unduly or improperly; aggrandize.
  • v. To raise or expand abnormally or improperly. See Synonyms at exaggerate.
  • v. To cause (a currency or an economy) to undergo inflation.
  • verb-intransitive. To become inflated.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally
  • v. To enlarge by filling with air (or a gas).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Blown in; inflated.
  • v. To swell or distend with air or gas; to dilate; to expand; to enlarge
  • v. Fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate.
  • v. To cause to become unduly expanded or increased.
  • verb-intransitive. To expand; to fill; to distend.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To swell or distend by inhaling or injecting air or gas; distend in any manner: as, to infiate the lungs, a bladder, or a balloon.
  • To swell or extend unduly; expand beyond proper or natural limits; raise above the just amount or value: as, to infiate the currency or prices; to inflate the market (that is, the price of marketable commodities, as stocks).
  • To puff out or up; make swollen or turgid.
  • To puff up; elate: as, to inflate one with pride or self-importance.
  • Inflated.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value
  • v. become inflated
  • v. fill with gas or air
  • v. cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit
  • v. exaggerate or make bigger
  • Antonym
    deflate   
    Verb Form
    inflated    inflates    inflating   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cut down    cutback    trim down    bring down    trim back    cut    trim    reduce   
    Cross Reference
    elate    increase   
    Form
    inflated    inflatingly   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    inflated    elate    expand    fill    distend   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ate    Cate    Est    Fate    Haight    Iwate    Kate    Kuwait    Nate    Solid-state   
    Same Context
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