deflate

Εννοια (English)

To remove air or some other gas from within an elastic container, e.g. a balloon or tyre.
To cause an object to decrease or become smaller in some parameter, e.g. to shrink
To reduce the amount of available currency or credit and thus lower prices.
To become deflated.
To let (someone) down, disappoint (them), or put (them) in (their) place.
To compress (data) according to a particular algorithm.
(slang) To belch or flatulate

shrink

disinflate

disparage

yield

become flat

uninflate

Συχνότητα

Με παύλα ως

de‧flate

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/diːˈfleɪt/

From de- + (in)flate. Coined in 1891, in reference to balloons. Partly based on Latin deflo, deflare (perfect passive participle deflatus), which meant "blow away".

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