inflate
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From Latin īnflātus, perfect passive participle of īnflō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of inblow.
Inflected forms:
form: inflates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: inflating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: inflated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: inflated
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: You inflate a balloon by blowing air into it.
When passion's tumults in the bosom rise, / Inflate the features, and enrage the eyes.
gloss: To enlarge by filling with air (or a gas).
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The balloon will inflate if you blow into it.
gloss: To swell; to puff up.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
examples: to inflate somebody with pride or vanity
[I]f they find / Some stain or blemish in a name of note, / Not grieving that their greatest are so small, / Inflate themselves with some insane delight, / And judge all nature from her feet of clay, […]
gloss: To decompress (data) that was previously deflated.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To represent something as being more important, better, or worse than it actually is; to exaggerate.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
transitive
examples: Israel routinely claims that the Gaza Ministry of Health, which is run by Hamas, has a tendency to inflate the number of Palestinian casualties in the Gaza Strip.
Antonyms: deflate
Related words: inflation
Derived words: disinflate
hyperinflate
inflatability
inflatable
inflate-a-date
inflated
inflater
inflatingly
inflatino
inflaton
misinflate
overinflate
reinflate
shrinkflate
underinflate
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: نَفَخَ
roman: nafaḵa
lang: Armenian
word: փչել
roman: pʻčʻel
lang: Bulgarian
word: надувам
roman: naduvam
lang: Catalan
word: inflar
lang: Catalan
word: unflar
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 充氣 /充气
roman: chōngqì
lang: Czech
word: nafouknout
lang: Dutch
word: opblazen
lang: Esperanto
word: enblovi
lang: Estonian
word: täis puhuma
lang: Finnish
word: täyttää
lang: French
word: gonfler
lang: French
word: enfler
lang: Friulian
word: enflâ
lang: Friulian
word: sglonfâ
lang: German
word: aufblasen
lang: German
word: aufpumpen
lang: German
word: aufblähen
lang: Greek
word: φουσκώνω
roman: fouskóno
lang: Ancient Greek
word: φυσιόω
roman: phusióō
lang: Hungarian
word: felfúj
lang: Icelandic
word: blása upp
lang: Italian
word: enfiare
lang: Italian
word: gonfiare
lang: Japanese
word: 膨らませる
roman: fukuramaseru
lang: Latin
word: inflō
lang: Latin
word: sufflō
lang: Latvian
word: piepūst
lang: Macedonian
word: надувува
roman: naduvuva
lang: Macedonian
word: дува
roman: duva
lang: Māori
word: whakamakoha
lang: Polish
word: dmuchać
lang: Polish
word: nadmuchiwać
lang: Polish
word: nadmuchać
lang: Polish
word: nadymać
lang: Portuguese
word: inchar
lang: Portuguese
word: inflar
lang: Romanian
word: umfla
lang: Russian
word: надува́ть
roman: naduvátʹ
lang: Russian
word: наду́ть
roman: nadútʹ
lang: Russian
word: наполня́ть
roman: napolnjátʹ
lang: Russian
word: напо́лнить
roman: napólnitʹ
lang: Russian
word: нака́чивать
roman: nakáčivatʹ
lang: Russian
word: накача́ть
roman: nakačátʹ
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: sèid
lang: Slovak
word: nafúkať
lang: Spanish
word: inflar
lang: Spanish
word: hinchar
lang: Spanish
word: implar
lang: Swedish
word: blåsa upp
lang: Turkish
word: şişirmek
lang: Ukrainian
word: надува́ти
roman: naduváty
lang: Ukrainian
word: надима́ти
roman: nadymáty
lang: Ukrainian
word: наду́ти
roman: nadúty