Inflate
Blown in; inflated.
To swell or distend with air or gas; to dilate; to expand; to enlarge; as, to inflate a bladder; to inflate the lungs.
Fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one with pride or vanity.
To cause to become unduly expanded or increased; as, to inflate the currency.
To expand; to fill; to distend.
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Inflate Quotations
I did what I could to inflate the rumor I was on my way to stardom. What I was on my way to, by any mathematical standards known to man, was oblivion, by way of obscurity.
Tallulah Bankhead
The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure pure reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a little practice, writing can be an intimidating and impenetrable fog!
Bill Watterson
A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight to his heart, and contracts it so that it can never again hold quite as much love for her.
Helen Rowland
Inflate Translations
inflate in Dutch is opblazen
inflate in French is gonflons, gonflez, gonflent
inflate in Norwegian is pumpe opp
inflate in Portuguese is infle
inflate in Spanish is inflar
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