Associations to the word «Inflate»

Wiktionary

INFLATE, verb. (transitive) To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally
INFLATE, verb. (intransitive) To enlarge by filling with air (or a gas).
INFLATE, verb. (figurative) To swell; to puff up.
INFLATE, verb. (transitive) (computing) To decompress (data) that was previously deflated.

Dictionary definition

INFLATE, verb. Exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated".
INFLATE, verb. Fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons".
INFLATE, verb. Cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit; "The war inflated the economy".
INFLATE, verb. Increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value; "inflate the currency".
INFLATE, verb. Become inflated; "The sails ballooned".

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin