inflate

inflate
    v 1: exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated"
         [syn: {inflate}, {blow up}, {expand}, {amplify}]
    2: fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons" [syn: {inflate},
       {blow up}] [ant: {deflate}]
    3: cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or
       credit; "The war inflated the economy" [ant: {deflate}]
    4: increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in
       value; "inflate the currency" [ant: {deflate}]
    5: become inflated; "The sails ballooned" [syn: {balloon},
       {inflate}, {billow}]
    

Inflate \In*flate"\, p. a. [L. inflatus, p. p. of inflare to
   inflate; pref. in- in + flare to blow. See {Blow} to puff
   wind.]
   Blown in; inflated. --Chaucer.
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Inflate \In*flate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inflated}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Inflating}.]
   1. To swell or distend with air or gas; to dilate; to expand;
      to enlarge; as, to inflate a bladder; to inflate the
      lungs.
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            When passion's tumults in the bosom rise,
            Inflate the features, and enrage the eyes. --J.
                                                  Scott of
                                                  Amwell.
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   2. Fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one
      with pride or vanity.
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            Inflate themselves with some insane delight.
                                                  --Tennyson.
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   3. To cause to become unduly expanded or increased; as, to
      inflate the currency.
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Inflate \In*flate"\, v. i.
   To expand; to fill; to distend.
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inflate
 vt.

   To decompress or {puff} a file. Rare among Internet hackers, used
   primarily by MS-DOS/Windows types.
    

deflate
deflate compression
deflate/inflate compression
inflate

   <file format, compression> A {compression} {standard} derived
   from {LZ77}; it is reportedly used in {zip}, {gzip}, {PKZIP},
   and {png}, among others.

   Unlike {LZW}, deflate compression does not use patented
   compression {algorithms}.

   Used as a verb to mean to compress (not decompress!) a file
   which has been compressed using deflate compression.  The
   opposite, {inflate}, means to decompress data which has been
   deflated.

   Deflate is described in {RFC 1951}.

   (1997-06-21)
    

65 Moby Thesaurus words for "inflate":
      Barnumize, add to, aggrandize, amplify, augment, balloon, bloat,
      blow, blow up, bombast, boost, broaden, build, build up, bulk,
      bulk out, crescendo, develop, dilate, distend, enlarge, exaggerate,
      exalt, expand, extend, fatten, fill out, hike, hike up, huff,
      increase, jack up, jump up, lay it on, lengthen, magnify, maximize,
      overdevelop, overdistend, overdraw, overexpand, overextend,
      overstrain, overstretch, parlay, pile it on, pontificate, puff,
      puff up, pump, pump up, put up, pyramid, raise, rarefy, strain,
      stretch, sufflate, swell, talk big, talk highfalutin, thicken, up,
      vapor, widen