inflate   (Sound)

The verb inflate has 5 senses

• inflate, blow up, expand, amplify -- (exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated")


• inflate, blow up -- (fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons")


• inflate -- (cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit; "The war inflated the economy")


• inflate -- (increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value; "inflate the currency")


• balloon, inflate, billow -- (become inflated; "The sails ballooned")