Inflate

Definition:

  • (p. a.) Blown in; inflated.
  • (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.
  • (v. t.) Fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one with pride or vanity.
  • (v. t.) To cause to become unduly expanded or increased; as, to inflate the currency.
  • (v. i.) To expand; to fill; to distend.

Compare inflate with other words:

inflame vs. inflate

inflate vs. outblown

inflate vs. turgesce

inflate vs. inflater

inflate vs. insufflate

dilate vs. inflate

increase vs. inflate

content vs. inflate

blown vs. inflate

inflate vs. utriculate

inflate vs. sufflate

globefish vs. inflate

inflate vs. pouter

clincher vs. inflate

inflate vs. projecting

inflate vs. pufferfish

blowfish vs. inflate

inflatable vs. inflate

inflate vs. inflatingly

inflate vs. inflated

deflate vs. inflate

inflate vs. swell

fill vs. inflate

inflate vs. push

enlarge vs. inflate

bladder vs. inflate

inflate vs. inflation

conflate vs. inflate