Definition of inflate

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Inflate (p. a.) Blown in; inflated.

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Distend :: Distend (v. i.) To become expanded or inflated; to swell.
Puff :: Puff (v. t.) To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, or the like; -- often with up..
Puffy :: Puffy (a.) Hence, inflated; bombastic; as, a puffy style..
Upblow :: Upblow (v. t.) To inflate.
Bombastical :: Bombastical (a.) Characterized by bombast; high-sounding; inflated.
Bladder :: Bladder (v. t.) To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate.
Puff :: Puff (n.) To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance..
Bladder :: Bladder (n.) A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the receptacle of some fluid; as, the urinary bladder; the gall bladder; -- applied especially to the urinary bladder, either within the animal, or when taken out and inflated with air..
Inflate :: Inflate (v. t.) To swell or distend with air or gas; to dilate; to expand; to enlarge; as, to inflate a bladder; to inflate the lungs..
Outblown :: Outblown (a.) Inflated with wind.
Inflated :: Inflated (imp. & p. p.) of Inflat.
Johnsonian :: Johnsonian (a.) Pertaining to or resembling Dr. Johnson or his style; pompous; inflated.
Inflatable :: Inflatable (a.) That may be inflated.
Turgent :: Turgent (a.) Inflated; bombastic; turgid; pompous.
Inflatingly :: Inflatingly (adv.) In a manner tending to inflate.
Deflate :: Deflate (v. t.) To reduce from an inflated condition.
Inflated :: Inflated (a.) Filled, as with air or gas; blown up; distended; as, a balloon inflated with gas..
Inflate :: Inflate (v. t.) Fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one with pride or vanity..
Johnsonese :: "Johnsonese (n.) The literary style of Dr. Samuel Johnson, or one formed in imitation of it; an inflated, stilted, or pompous style, affecting classical words..
Inflated :: Inflated (a.) Hollow and distended, as a perianth, corolla, nectary, or pericarp..
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