inflate

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (transitive) To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally
2. (intransitive) To enlarge by filling with air (or a gas).
3. (figuratively) To swell; to puff up.
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.

Sinonieme

swell

blow up

expand

distend

puff up

bulge

billow

fill up

fill with air

dilate

bloat

puff

puff out

pump

blow

raise

balloon

🎈

devalue

fill

amplify

fill out

withdraw

cause to swell

grow

increase

protrude

be inflated

line

litter

live up to

make out

man

👨

materialise

meet

occupy

overflow

overstate

pack

plump out

prime

pumps

pump up

rise

satisfy

stuff

surge

swell up

top off

turn

upgrade

Vertalings

gonfler

inflar

enfler

gonfiare

aufblasen

hinchar

φουσκώνω

inflar

inchar

opblazen

inflar

aufpumpen

inflazionare

unflar

aufblähen

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɪnˈfleɪt/

Etimologie (Engels)

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