deflate
Betekenis (Engels)
- (transitive) To remove air or some other gas from within an elastic container, e.g. a balloon or tyre.
- (transitive) To cause an object to decrease or become smaller in some parameter, e.g. to shrink
- (transitive) To reduce the amount of available currency or credit and thus lower prices.
- (intransitive) To become deflated.
- (transitive) To let (someone) down, disappoint them, or put them in their place.
- (transitive) To compress (data) according to a particular algorithm.
- (slang) To belch or flatulate
Sinonieme
disinflate
disparage
Vertalings
Frekwensie
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/diːˈfleɪt/
Etimologie (Engels)
From de- + (in)flate. Coined in 1891, in reference to balloons. Equivalent to Latin dē- (“away, from”) + Latin flō (“blow”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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