English-Thai Dictionary

inflate

VI พองตัว  เพิ่มขึ้น  พอง  พองลม  ป่อง  ขยาย  increase blow up bloat pong-tua

 

inflate

VT ทำให้ พอง  สูบลม  ทำให้ ขยายตัว  ทำให้ เพิ่มขึ้น  expand blow up enlarge tam-hai-pong

 

inflate with

PHRV ทำให้ พอง ด้วย  ทำให้ ขยาย ด้วย  tam-hai-pong-duai

 

inflated

ADJ ซึ่ง เฟ้อ  ตุ่ย  ยุ้ย  พอง  exaggerated overblown sueng-for

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INFLATE

v.t.[L. inflatus, from inflo; in and flo, to blow. ] 1. To swell or distend by injecting air; as, to inflate a bladder; to inflate the lungs.
2. To fill with the breath; to blow in.
3. To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one with pride or vanity.

 

INFLATE, INFLATED

a.In botany, puffed; hollow and distended; as a perianth, corol, nectary, or pericarp.

 

INFLATED

pp. Swelled or distended with air; puffed up.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INFLATE

In *flate ", p. a. Etym: [L. inflatus, p.p. of inflare to inflate; pref. in- in + flare to blow. See Blow to puff wind. ]

 

Defn: Blown in; inflated. Chaucer.

 

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. When passion's tumults in the bosom rise, Inflate the features, and enrage the eyes. J. Scott of Amwell.

 

2. Fig. : To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one with pride or vanity. Inflate themselves with some insane delight. Tennyson.

 

3. To cause to become unduly expanded or increased; as, to inflate the currency.

 

INFLATE

INFLATE In *flate ", v. i.

 

Defn: To expand; to fill; to distend.

 

INFLATED

INFLATED In *flat "ed, a.

 

1. Filled, as with air or gas; blown up; distended; as, a balloon inflated with gas.

 

2. Turgid; swelling; puffed up; bombastic; pompous; as, an inflated style. Inflated and astrut with self-conceit. Cowper.

 

3. (Bot. )

 

Defn: Hollow and distended, as a perianth, corolla, nectary, or pericarp. Martyn.

 

4. Distended or enlarged fictitiously; as, inflated prices, etc.

 

INFLATER

INFLATER In *flat "er, n.

 

Defn: One who, or that which, inflates; as, the inflaters of the stock exchange.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

inflate

in flate |inˈflāt ɪnˈfleɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 fill (a balloon, tire, or other expandable structure ) with air or gas so that it becomes distended. • [ no obj. ] become distended in this way. 2 increase (something ) by a large or excessive amount: objectives should be clearly set out so as not to duplicate work and inflate costs. • exaggerate: numbers have been grossly inflated by the local press. • bring about inflation of (a currency ) or in (an economy ). DERIVATIVES in fla tor |-ˈflātər |(also inflater ) noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin inflat- ‘blown into, ’ from the verb inflare, from in- ‘into ’ + flare ‘to blow. ’

 

inflated

in flat ed |inˈflātid ɪnˈfleɪtɪd | ▶adjective 1 distended through being filled with air or gas: a partially inflated balloon. 2 excessively or unreasonably high: inflated salaries. • exaggerated: you have a very inflated opinion of your worth.

 

Oxford Dictionary

inflate

in |flate |ɪnˈfleɪt | ▶verb [ usu. with obj. ] 1 fill (a balloon, tyre, or other expandable structure ) with air or gas so that it becomes distended. • [ no obj. ] become distended with air or gas. 2 increase (something ) by a large or excessive amount: objectives should be clearly set out so as not to duplicate work and inflate costs. • exaggerate: numbers have been grossly inflated by the local press. 3 bring about inflation of (a currency ) or in (an economy ). DERIVATIVES inflater (also inflator ) noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin inflat- ‘blown into ’, from the verb inflare, from in- ‘into ’ + flare ‘to blow ’.

 

inflated

in |flated |ɪnˈfleɪtɪd | ▶adjective 1 distended through being filled with air or gas: a partially inflated balloon. 2 excessively or unreasonably high: inflated salaries. • exaggerated: you have a very inflated opinion of your worth.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

inflate

inflate verb 1 she inflated the mattress: blow up, fill up, fill with air, aerate, pump up; dilate, distend, swell. ANTONYMS deflate. 2 the demand inflated prices: increase, raise, boost, escalate, put up; informal hike up, jack up, bump up, boost (up ). ANTONYMS decrease, depress. 3 the figures were inflated by the press: exaggerate, magnify, overplay, overstate, enhance, embellish, increase, amplify, augment. ANTONYMS play down, understate, soft-pedal.

 

inflated

inflated adjective 1 an inflated balloon: blown up, aerated, filled, puffed up /out, pumped up; distended, expanded, engorged, swollen. 2 inflated prices: high, sky-high, excessive, unreasonable, prohibitive, outrageous, exorbitant, extortionate; informal steep, stiff, pricey. 3 an inflated opinion of himself: exaggerated, magnified, aggrandized, immoderate, overblown, overstated. 4 inflated language: high-flown, extravagant, exaggerated, elaborate, flowery, ornate, overblown, overwrought, grandiloquent, magniloquent, lofty, grandiose; affected, pretentious, bombastic, tumid; informal windy, highfalutin.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

inflate

inflate verb 1 we started to inflate the balloons | the mattress inflated: blow up, fill with air, aerate, fill up, puff up, puff out, pump up; dilate, distend, swell. ANTONYMS deflate. 2 one effect of the demand for second homes was to inflate prices: increase, raise, put up, boost, escalate, step up; informal hike up, jack up, bump up. ANTONYMS decrease, depress. 3 numbers have been greatly inflated by the local press: exaggerate, magnify, pump up, overplay, overstate, dramatize, elaborate, enhance, embellish, touch up, blow up, blow up out of all proportion; increase, extend, amplify, augment, expand, intensify, swell; stretch the truth; informal make a big thing out of. ANTONYMS play down, understate.

 

inflated

inflated adjective 1 an inflated balloon: blown up, aerated, filled, puffed up, puffed out, pumped up; dilated, distended, stretched, expanded, engorged, enlarged, swollen. ANTONYMS deflated. 2 consumers pay inflated food prices: increased, raised, boosted; high, excessive, sky-high, unreasonable, unwarranted, disproportionate, prohibitive, outrageous, overinflated, exorbitant, extortionate; Brit. over the odds; informal over the top, OTT, steep. ANTONYMS reduced, low. 3 he had an inflated opinion of his worth: exaggerated, magnified, aggrandized, unwarranted, immoderate, pumped up, overblown, overstated, overplayed. ANTONYMS low, humble. 4 inflated language: high-flown, extravagant, exaggerated, elaborate, flowery, florid, ornate, overblown, overdone, overwrought, grandiloquent, magniloquent, grandiose, lofty, rhetorical, oratorical, verbose, affected, pretentious, turgid, bombastic, declamatory; informal windy, purple, highfalutin, la-di-da; rare fustian, euphuistic, orotund, tumid. ANTONYMS plain, simple.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

inflate

in flate /ɪnfléɪt /動詞 他動詞 1 【空気などで 】…をふくらませる «with » (↔deflate ).2 …を誇張する .3 〘経 〙〈価格 〉を上昇させる .4 〈人 〉を得意がらせる .自動詞 1 «…で » ふくらむ «with » .2 〘経 〙価格が上昇する .in fl á t er, in fl á tor /-tə r /名詞 C 空気入れポンプ .

 

inflated

in fl á t ed /-ɪd /形容詞 1 〈価格が 〉ひどく高い .2 〈考えなどが 〉大そうな ; 思い上がった .3 〈空気などで 〉ふくれた .