Definition of inflate

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Inflate (v. t.) Fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one with pride or vanity..

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Johnsonian :: Johnsonian (a.) Pertaining to or resembling Dr. Johnson or his style; pompous; inflated.
Inflatingly :: Inflatingly (adv.) In a manner tending to inflate.
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..
Utriculate :: Utriculate (a.) Resembling a bladder; swollen like a bladder; inflated; utricular.
Distend :: Distend (v. i.) To become expanded or inflated; to swell.
Ampullaceous :: Ampullaceous (a.) Like a bottle or inflated bladder; bottle-shaped; swelling.
Upblow :: Upblow (v. t.) To inflate.
Bubble :: Bubble (n.) A thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas; as, a soap bubble; bubbles on the surface of a river..
Inflatable :: Inflatable (a.) That may be inflated.
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 (n.) To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
Turgescent :: Turgescent (a.) Becoming turgid or inflated; swelling; growing big.
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To be inflated; to belly; as, the sails swell..
Swell :: Swell (v. t.) To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate; as, to be swelled with pride or haughtiness..
Blown :: Blown (p. p. & a.) Swollen; inflated; distended; puffed up, as cattle when gorged with green food which develops gas..
Inflate :: Inflate (p. a.) Blown in; inflated.
Balloon :: Balloon (n.) A game played with a large inflated ball.
Inflated :: Inflated (a.) Hollow and distended, as a perianth, corolla, nectary, or pericarp..
Sufflation :: Sufflate (v. t.) To blow up; to inflate; to inspire.
Diodon :: Diodon (n.) A genus of spinose, plectognath fishes, having the teeth of each jaw united into a single beaklike plate. They are able to inflate the body by taking in air or water, and, hence, are called globefishes, swellfishes, etc. Called also porcupine fishes, and sea hedgehogs..
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