Definition of inflate

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Inflate (v. t.) To cause to become unduly expanded or increased; as, to inflate the currency..

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Gassy :: Gassy (a.) Full of gas; like gas. Hence: [Colloq.] Inflated; full of boastful or insincere talk.
Bubble :: Bubble (n.) A thin film of liquid inflated with air or gas; as, a soap bubble; bubbles on the surface of a river..
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..
Inflatable :: Inflatable (a.) That may be inflated.
Inflated :: Inflated (a.) Filled, as with air or gas; blown up; distended; as, a balloon inflated with gas..
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..
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..
Bombastical :: Bombastical (a.) Characterized by bombast; high-sounding; inflated.
Rattlebox :: Rattlebox (n.) An American herb (Crotalaria sagittalis), the seeds of which, when ripe, rattle in the inflated pod..
Inflated :: Inflated (a.) Turgid; swelling; puffed up; bombastic; pompous; as, an inflated style..
Ampullaceous :: Ampullaceous (a.) Like a bottle or inflated bladder; bottle-shaped; swelling.
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..
Tumorous :: Tumorous (a.) Inflated; bombastic.
Rattlebox :: Rattlebox (n.) Any species of Crotalaria, a genus of yellow-flowered herbs, with inflated, many-seeded pods..
Inflate :: Inflate (p. a.) Blown in; inflated.
Turgent :: Turgent (a.) Inflated; bombastic; turgid; pompous.
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..
Bladder :: Bladder (v. t.) To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate.
Distend :: Distend (v. i.) To become expanded or inflated; to swell.
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..
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