Dictionary

inflate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ɪnˈflæɪt/ (Australia)
• /ənˈflæɪt/ (New-Zealand)
• ĭn-flāt'
• (California) audio
• /ɪnˈfleɪt/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Latin īnflātus, perfect passive participle of īnflō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of inblow.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally
   • When passion's tumults in the bosom rise, / Inflate the features, and enrage the eyes. 1782, John Scott of Amwell, An Essay on Painting:
   • You inflate a balloon by blowing air into it.
2. (intransitive) To enlarge by filling with air (or a gas).
   • The balloon will inflate if you blow into it.
3. (figuratively) To swell; to puff up.
   • 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, […] 1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Vivien”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 137:
4. (transitive) To decompress (data) that was previously deflated.
5. (figuratively, transitive) To represent something as being more important, better, or worse than it actually is; to exaggerate.
   • 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.

Forms

Antonyms

deflate

Deriveds

inflated · shrinkflate · hyperinflate · misinflate · inflatable · underinflate · reinflate · overinflate · reflate · cumflate · inflatingly · inflatability · inflater · disinflate · inflatino · inflaton · inflate-a-date

Relateds

inflation

Translations (92)

es hinchar ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · hi फुलाना ((transitive) to enlarge by filling with gas) · ru нака́чивать ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · is blása upp ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · eo enblovi ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · ko 부풀리다 ((intransitive) to become enlarged by being filled with gas) · pl nadymać ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · fr gonfler ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · mi whakamakoha ((intransitive) to become enlarged by being filled with gas) · hu felfúj ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · ota شیشمك ((intransitive) to become enlarged by being filled with gas) · el φουσκώνω ((intransitive) to become enlarged by being filled with gas) · ru наполня́ться ((intransitive) to become enlarged by being filled with gas) · cmn 膨脹 /膨胀 ((intransitive) to become enlarged by being filled with gas) · pl nadmuchiwać ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · it enfiare ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · de aufblasen ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · ru накача́ть ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · ru надува́ть ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · pt inchar ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · la inflō ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · grc φυσιόω ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · et täis puhuma ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · ru наду́ть ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · cmn 充氣 /充气 ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · ca unflar ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · pl dmuchać ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · bg надувам ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · hy փչել ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · hu felfúvódik ((intransitive) to become enlarged by being filled with gas) · ru наду́ться ((intransitive) to become enlarged by being filled with gas) · mk надувува ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · ja 膨らませる ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · ar نَفَخَ ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · th ขยาย ((intransitive) to become enlarged by being filled with gas) · tr şişmek ((intransitive) to become enlarged by being filled with gas) · fi täyttyä ((intransitive) to become enlarged by being filled with gas) · es inflar ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · uk надима́ти ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · ru напо́лниться ((intransitive) to become enlarged by being filled with gas) · fr se gonfler ((intransitive) to become enlarged by being filled with gas) · pt inflar ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · pl nadmuchać ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · la sufflō ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · es implar ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · sv blåsa upp ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · ca inflar ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · mk надувува ((intransitive) to become enlarged by being filled with gas) · pt encher ((transitive) to enlarge by filling with gas) · ota قبارمق ((intransitive) to become enlarged by being filled with gas) · gd sèid ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · fur enflâ ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · pl napompować balon ((transitive) to enlarge by filling with gas) · la sufflō ((transitive) to enlarge by filling with gas) · nl opblazen ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · ru наполня́ть ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · ru надува́ться ((intransitive) to become enlarged by being filled with gas) · es descomprimir (to decompress data) · de aufpumpen ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · es desempaquetar (to decompress data) · bg напомпвам ((transitive) to enlarge by filling with gas) · cs nafouknout ((transitive) to enlarge by filling with gas) · cs nafouknout ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · fi avata (to decompress data) · ja 膨らむ ((intransitive) to become enlarged by being filled with gas) · ru нака́чиваться ((intransitive) to become enlarged by being filled with gas) · ca inflar ((intransitive) to become enlarged by being filled with gas) · tr şişirmek ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · bg надувам се ((intransitive) to become enlarged by being filled with gas) · el φουσκώνω ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · ru напо́лнить ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · lv piepūst ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · fr gonfler ((intransitive) to become enlarged by being filled with gas) · mk дува ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · de aufblasen ((transitive) to enlarge by filling with gas) · fr gonfler ((transitive) to enlarge by filling with gas) · mk дува ((intransitive) to become enlarged by being filled with gas) · fi täyttää ((transitive) to enlarge by filling with gas) · ro umfla ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · it gonfiare ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · de aufblähen ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · ca unflar ((intransitive) to become enlarged by being filled with gas) · fi täyttää ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · fur sglonfâ ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · fr enfler ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · ar نَفَخَ ((transitive) to enlarge by filling with gas) · pl pompować balon ((transitive) to enlarge by filling with gas) · uk наду́ти ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · mi whakamakoha ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · uk надува́ти ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · sk nafúkať ((transitive) to enlarge the volume occupied by an object) · ru накача́ться ((intransitive) to become enlarged by being filled with gas)