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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Blow :: Blow (v. t.) To inflate, as with pride; to puff up..
Piffara :: Piffara (n.) A fife; also, a rude kind of oboe or a bagpipe with an inflated skin for reservoir..
Turgid :: Turgid (a.) Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent or expansive force; swelled; swollen; bloated; inflated; tumid; -- especially applied to an enlarged part of the body; as, a turgid limb; turgid fruit..
Inflated :: Inflated (a.) Turgid; swelling; puffed up; bombastic; pompous; as, an inflated style..
Inflate :: Inflate (v. t.) Fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one with pride or vanity..
Inflatingly :: Inflatingly (adv.) In a manner tending to inflate.
Swell :: Swell (v. t.) To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate; as, to be swelled with pride or haughtiness..
Football :: Football (n.) An inflated ball to be kicked in sport, usually made in India rubber, or a bladder incased in Leather..
Inflated :: Inflated (imp. & p. p.) of Inflat.
Bladder :: Bladder (v. t.) To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate.
Puffy :: Puffy (a.) Hence, inflated; bombastic; as, a puffy style..
Gassy :: Gassy (a.) Full of gas; like gas. Hence: [Colloq.] Inflated; full of boastful or insincere talk.
Inflate :: Inflate (v. i.) To expand; to fill; to distend.
Bombast :: Bombast (n.) Fig.: High-sounding words; an inflated style; language above the dignity of the occasion; fustian.
Inflated :: Inflated (a.) Hollow and distended, as a perianth, corolla, nectary, or pericarp..
Turgescent :: Turgescent (a.) Becoming turgid or inflated; swelling; growing big.
Johnsonian :: Johnsonian (a.) Pertaining to or resembling Dr. Johnson or his style; pompous; inflated.
Vain :: Vain (superl.) Proud of petty things, or of trifling attainments; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason; conceited; puffed up; inflated..
Blown :: Blown (p. p. & a.) Swollen; inflated; distended; puffed up, as cattle when gorged with green food which develops gas..
Bubble :: Bubble (n.) A thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas; as, a soap bubble; bubbles on the surface of a river..
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