 7 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
inflate
verb
1: fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons" [syn: {blow up}]
[ant: {deflate}]
2: exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated" [syn:
{blow up}, {expand}, {amplify}]
3: cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or
credit; "The war inflated the economy" [ant: {deflate}]
4: increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in
value; "inflate the currency" [ant: {deflate}]
5: become inflated; "The sails ballooned" [syn: {balloon}, {billow}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Inflate \In*flate"\, verb (used without an object)
To expand; to fill; to distend.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Inflate \In*flate"\, verb (used with an object) [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.
When passion's tumults in the bosom rise,
Inflate the features, and enrage the eyes. --J.
Scott of
Amwell.
2. Fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one
with pride or vanity.
Inflate themselves with some insane delight.
--Tennyson.
3. To cause to become unduly expanded or increased; as, to
inflate the currency.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
65 Moby Thesaurus words for "inflate":
Barnumize, add to, aggrandize, amplify, augment, balloon, 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
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:
inflate vt. To decompress or {puff} a file. Rare among Internet
hackers, used primarily by MS-DOS/Windows types.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
inflate
{deflate}
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