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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Inflated :: Inflated (a.) Filled, as with air or gas; blown up; distended; as, a balloon inflated with gas..
Puff :: Puff (v. t.) To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, or the like; -- often with up..
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..
Bombast :: Bombast (n.) Fig.: High-sounding words; an inflated style; language above the dignity of the occasion; fustian.
Tumid :: Tumid (a.) Swelling in sound or sense; pompous; puffy; inflated; bombastic; falsely sublime; turgid; as, a tumid expression; a tumid style..
Inflate :: Inflate (v. i.) To expand; to fill; to distend.
Puffer :: Puffer (n.) Any plectognath fish which inflates its body, as the species of Tetrodon and Diodon; -- called also blower, puff-fish, swellfish, and globefish..
Turgescent :: Turgescent (a.) Becoming turgid or inflated; swelling; growing big.
Distend :: Distend (v. i.) To become expanded or inflated; to swell.
High-flown :: High-flown (a.) Turgid; extravagant; bombastic; inflated; as, high-flown language..
Gassy :: Gassy (a.) Full of gas; like gas. Hence: [Colloq.] Inflated; full of boastful or insincere talk.
Physemaria :: Physemaria (n. pl.) A group of simple marine organisms, usually classed as the lowest of the sponges. They have inflated hollow bodies..
Utriculate :: Utriculate (a.) Resembling a bladder; swollen like a bladder; inflated; utricular.
Flown :: Flown (a.) Flushed, inflated..
Ampullaceous :: Ampullaceous (a.) Like a bottle or inflated bladder; bottle-shaped; swelling.
Bubble :: Bubble (n.) A thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas; as, a soap bubble; bubbles on the surface of a river..
Fustian :: Fustian (a.) Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic; as, fustian history..
Piffara :: Piffara (n.) A fife; also, a rude kind of oboe or a bagpipe with an inflated skin for reservoir..
Inflatable :: Inflatable (a.) That may be inflated.
Bloat :: Bloat (v. t.) To inflate; to puff up; to make vain.
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