Dictionary Entry
deflate
deflate is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To reduce from an inflated condition. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To reduce from an inflated condition.
- 2verb
become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air
"The balloons deflated"
- 3verb
reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices
"deflate the currency"
- 4verb
produce deflation in
"The new measures deflated the economy"
- 5verb
reduce or lessen the size or importance of
"The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence"
Synonyms
- 6verb
release contained air or gas from
"deflate the air mattress"
- 7verb
collapse by releasing contained air or gas
"deflate a balloon"
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