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inflate

[ in-fleyt ]

verb (used with object)

inflated, inflating.
  1. to distend; swell or puff out; dilate:

    The king cobra inflates its hood.

    Antonyms:

  2. to cause to expand or distend with air or gas:

    to inflate a balloon.

  3. to puff up with pride, satisfaction, etc.
  4. to elate.
  5. Economics. to expand (money, prices, an economy, etc.) unduly in amount, value, or size; affect with inflation.


verb (used without object)

inflated, inflating.
  1. to become inflated.
  2. to increase, especially suddenly and substantially:

    The $10 subscription has inflated to $25.

inflate

/ 瑟苍藞蹿濒别瑟迟 /

verb

  1. to expand or cause to expand by filling with gas or air

    she needed to inflate the tyres

  2. tr to cause to increase excessively; puff up; swell

    to inflate one's opinion of oneself

  3. tr to cause inflation of (prices, money, etc)
  4. tr to raise in spirits; elate
  5. intr to undergo economic inflation
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 颈苍藞蹿濒补迟别诲濒测, adverb
  • 颈苍藞蹿濒补迟别谤, noun
  • 颈苍藞蹿濒补迟别诲苍别蝉蝉, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 颈苍路蹿濒补迟顎侥谤 颈苍路蹿濒补顎僼辞谤 noun
  • 辞顎卾别谤路颈苍路蹿濒补迟别顎 verb (used with object) overinflated overinflating
  • 谤别顎卛苍路蹿濒补迟别顎 verb reinflated reinflating
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of inflate1

First recorded in 1500鈥20; from Latin 颈苍蹿濒腻迟耻蝉, past participle of 颈苍蹿濒腻谤别 鈥渢o blow on or into, puff out,鈥 equivalent to in- in- 2 + 蹿濒腻- blow 2 + -tus past participle suffix
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of inflate1

C16: from Latin 颈苍蹿濒腻谤别 to blow into, from 蹿濒腻谤别 to blow
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He has also inflated the US-Canada trade deficit and said that the nation is "ripping off" America.

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Critics say his claims about savings appear to be inflated and he has faced a backlash for blunt cuts at government departments that were later reversed, including firings of key federal workers.

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Such bots can secure multiple test slots and some companies have used this technology to resell driving test slots at inflated prices.

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The list does not distinguish between civilians and members of Palestinian armed groups who are killed in the war, and Israel has accused Hamas of inflating the percentages of women and children.

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Trump is betting that many Americans, or at least the bulk of his supporters, will put up with inflated costs of foreign goods in the short term if it eventually brings more jobs.

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