Definition of inflate

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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..

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Bombast :: Bombast (n.) Fig.: High-sounding words; an inflated style; language above the dignity of the occasion; fustian.
Puff :: Puff (n.) To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance..
Puff :: Puff (n.) To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
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..
Football :: Football (n.) An inflated ball to be kicked in sport, usually made in India rubber, or a bladder incased in Leather..
Puff :: Puff (v. t.) To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate; to ruffle with puffs; -- often with up; as, a bladder puffed with air..
Turgescent :: Turgescent (a.) Becoming turgid or inflated; swelling; growing big.
Inflation :: Inflation (n.) The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement..
Puff :: Puff (v. t.) To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, or the like; -- often with up..
Physemaria :: Physemaria (n. pl.) A group of simple marine organisms, usually classed as the lowest of the sponges. They have inflated hollow bodies..
Ampullaceous :: Ampullaceous (a.) Like a bottle or inflated bladder; bottle-shaped; swelling.
Inflated :: Inflated (a.) Distended or enlarged fictitiously; as, inflated prices, etc..
Blown :: Blown (p. p. & a.) Swollen; inflated; distended; puffed up, as cattle when gorged with green food which develops gas..
Inflated :: Inflated (a.) Hollow and distended, as a perianth, corolla, nectary, or pericarp..
Bloat :: Bloat (v. t.) To inflate; to puff up; to make vain.
Bladder :: Bladder (v. t.) To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate.
Turgesce :: Turgesce (v. i.) To become turgid; to swell or be inflated.
Distend :: Distend (v. i.) To become expanded or inflated; to swell.
Gassy :: Gassy (a.) Full of gas; like gas. Hence: [Colloq.] Inflated; full of boastful or insincere talk.
Puffy :: Puffy (a.) Hence, inflated; bombastic; as, a puffy style..
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