inflate

v., -flat·ed, -flat·ing, -flates.

v.tr.

1. To fill (something) with air or gas so as to make it swell.
2. 1. To enlarge or amplify unduly or improperly; aggrandize.
   2. To raise or expand abnormally or improperly. See synonyms at exaggerate.
3. To cause (a currency or an economy) to undergo inflation.

v.intr.
To become inflated.

[Middle English inflaten, from Latin īnflāre, īnflāt- : in-, in; see in-² + flāre, to blow.]

inflator in·fla'tor or in·flat'er n.

verb

To make (something) seem greater than is actually the case: exaggerate, hyperbolize, magnify, overcharge, overstate. Idioms: blow up out of proportion, lay it on thick, stretch the truth. See increase/decrease.

v

Definition: blow up, increase
Antonyms: compress, contract, deflate, let air out, shrink

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To decompress or puff a file. Rare among Internet hackers, used primarily by MS-DOS/Windows types.

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IN BRIEF: To swell out by putting in air or gas.

The child's father helped him inflate the flat bicycle tire.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - puste op, pumpe op
v. intr. - øge inflatorisk, drive i vejret

Nederlands (Dutch)
opblazen, opgeblazen worden

Français (French)
v. tr. - gonfler, dilater, (fig) gonfler, (Écon) accroître
v. intr. - se gonfler

Deutsch (German)
v. - aufblasen, aufpumpen, hochtreiben, steigern

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - φουσκώνω, προκαλώ πληθωρισμό

Italiano (Italian)
gonfiare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - inflar, inflacionar

Русский (Russian)
наполнять газом, проводить инфляцию

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - hinchar, inflar, ahuecar
v. intr. - inflarse, hincharse

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - blåsa upp (äv. bildl.), öka, liva, inflatera (ekon.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使充气, 使得意, 使骄傲, 使膨胀, 抬高, 充气, 膨胀

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使充氣, 使得意, 使驕傲, 使膨脹, 抬高
v. intr. - 充氣, 膨脹

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 부풀리다, (물가 등을) 올리다, 득의양양하게 하다, 과장하다
v. intr. - 팽창하다, 인플레가 일어나다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 膨らませる, 得意がらせる, 膨張する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) ينفخ, ينتفخ, يضخم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮ניפח, גרם לאינפלציה, ייפה, הגזים, ניפח מגאווה, העלה באופן מלאכותי את המחירים‬
v. intr. - ‮התנפח, גדל פתאומית ובאופן ניכר‬

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