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."physicsenergyactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo enlarge by filling with air (or a gas)."The balloon will inflate if you blow into it."physicsenergyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo swell; to puff up."to inflate somebody with pride or vanity"physiologyappearanceprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo decompress (data) that was previously deflated."The software is inflating the compressed file so I can access all the original documents. "computingtechnologyinternetChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading