Found 7 hits - Term: inflate, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
inflate \inflate"\, 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.
1913 webster
see also:
blow
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
inflate \inflate"\, 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.
1913 webster
when passion's tumults in the bosom rise,
inflate the features, and enrage the eyes. --j.
scott of
amwell.
1913 webster
2. fig.: to swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one
with pride or vanity.
1913 webster
inflate themselves with some insane delight.
--tennyson.
1913 webster
3. to cause to become unduly expanded or increased; as, to
inflate the currency.
1913 webster
see also:
inflated inflating
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
inflate \inflate"\, v. i.
to expand; to fill; to distend.
1913 webster
- [4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
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
see also:
blow up deflate expand amplify balloon billow
- [5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
65 moby thesaurus words for "inflate":
barnumize, add to, aggrandize, amplify, augment, balloon, bloat,
blow, blow up, bombast, boost, broaden, build, build up, bulk,
bulk out, crescendo, develop, dilate, distend, enlarge, exaggerate,
exalt, expand, extend, fatten, fill out, hike, hike up, huff,
increase, jack up, jump up, lay it on, lengthen, magnify, maximize,
overdevelop, overdistend, overdraw, overexpand, overextend,
overstrain, overstretch, parlay, pile it on, pontificate, puff,
puff up, pump, pump up, put up, pyramid, raise, rarefy, strain,
stretch, sufflate, swell, talk big, talk highfalutin, thicken, up,
vapor, widen
- [6] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)
inflate vt. to decompress or puff a file. rare among internet
hackers, used primarily by ms-dos/windows types.
see also:
puff
- [7] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
inflate
deflate
see also:
deflate
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