inflate

inflate has 10 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• p. a.. Blown in; inflated.
• 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.
• v. t.. Fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one with pride or vanity.
• v. t.. To cause to become unduly expanded or increased; as, to inflate the currency.
• v. i.. To expand; to fill; to distend.
• v.. become inflated; "The sails ballooned"
• v.. fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons"
• v.. exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated"
• v.. increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value; "inflate the currency"
• v.. cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit; "The war inflated the economy"