'Inflate' definitions:
Definition of 'inflate'
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Definition of 'Inflate'
From: GCIDE
- Inflate \In*flate"\, v. i. To expand; to fill; to distend. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Inflate'
From: GCIDE
- Inflate \In*flate"\, 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]
Definition of 'Inflate'
From: GCIDE
- Inflate \In*flate"\, 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]
Synonyms of 'inflate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- add to,
- aggrandize,
- amplify,
- augment,
- balloon,
- Barnumize,
- 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