Definitions for inflate

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inflate in·flate

Spelling: [in-fleyt]

IPA: /ɪnˈfleɪt/

Inflate is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 235 anagrams from letters in inflate (aefilnt).

Definitions for inflate

verb (used with object)

1. to distend; swell or puff out; dilate:
2. to cause to expand or distend with air or gas:
3. to puff up with pride, satisfaction, etc.
4. to elate.
5. Economics. to expand (money, prices, an economy, etc.) unduly in amount, value, or size; affect with inflation.

verb (used without object)

1. to become inflated.
2. to increase, especially suddenly and substantially:

Origin of inflate

1470-80; Latin inflātus past participle of inflāre to blow on or into, puff out, equivalent to in- in-² + flā- Examples for inflate

To belly a sail is to inflate or fill it with the wind, so as to give a taut leech.

Joe took a little longer than usual to inflate his lungs this time.

Why inflate what is unimportant, and waste description on silly things?

Otherwise, there's a tendency for people with small businesses to inflate the expenses of the business to match the income.

You have to add a lot of minor traffic violators and visa overstayers to inflate that figure to 94 percent.

"Launch and inflate another target-globe," he ordered drily.

Does it matter whether Taylor Swift wants me to inflate my Internet notoriety by doing a dumb thing where I lip sync to her music?

But could this invoking of the words of the Godfather of Soul be a belated effort to inflate these flat polling numbers?

Only their bubbs were intact, but there was nothing with which to inflate them.

Apropos inflation, the government could try to inflate its way out of this crisis, covering the deficit by printing money.