verb🔗ShareTo enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally"You inflate a balloon by blowing air into it."physicssciencetoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo enlarge by filling with air (or a gas)."The balloon will inflate if you blow into it."physicstechnicaltoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo swell; to puff up."to inflate somebody with pride or vanity"appearancephysiologybodytoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo decompress (data) that was previously deflated."The computer took a few seconds to inflate the zipped file, but then I could access all the documents. "computingtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
