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Verb inflate has 5 senses
- inflate, blow up - fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons"
--1 is one way to expand
Antonyms: deflate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- inflate, blow up, expand, amplify - exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated"
--2 is one way to increase
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- inflate - cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit; "The war inflated the economy"
--3 is one way to change, alter, modify
Antonyms: deflate
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- inflate - increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value; "inflate the currency"
--4 is one way to reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
Antonyms: deflate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
- balloon, inflate, billow - become inflated; "The sails ballooned"
--5 is one way to expand
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
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