Blow up, balloon, expand, dilate, enlarge, swell, pump up,puff up or out, distend: We inflated two plastic bags to use asfloats.
Boost, increase: The price of the companys shareswas inflated by rumours of a take-over bid. 3 exaggerate,amplify, magnify, blow up: He tends to inflate to hugeproportions the small contribution he made to the project.
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V.tr.
Distend (a balloon etc.) with air.
(usu. foll. bywith; usu. in passive) puff up (a person with pride etc.).
A(often absol.) bring about inflation (of the currency). b raise(prices) artificially.
(as inflated adj.) (esp. of language,sentiments, etc.) bombastic.
Inflatedly adv. inflatedness n.inflater n. inflator n. [L inflare inflat- (as IN-(2), flareblow)]
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