inflate, v.
(inflated, inflates, inflating)
freq. cnt. 2
(inflated, inflates, inflating)
freq. cnt. 2
fill with gas or air
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
blow up inflate
sample sentences
"inflate a balloons"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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exaggerate or make bigger
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1
amplify blow up expand inflate
sample sentences
"The charges were inflated"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
become inflated
<verb.change>
balloon billow inflate
sample sentences
"The sails ballooned"verb frames
Something ----sSomething is ----ing PP
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Something ----sSomething is ----ing PP
verb frames
Something ----sSomething is ----ing PP
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value
<verb.change>
inflate
sample sentences
"inflate the currency"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s somebody
semantic pointers
hypernym
cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit
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inflate