Inflate - English meaning

adjective

(of a liquid) made effervescent by being charged with carbon dioxide or some other gas.

Usage examples:

Aerated spring water

verb

Introduce air into (a material).

Usage examples:

Before seeding, consider aerating the lawn

verb

Past simple and past participle of aerate

Usage examples:

Aerated water, earthworms help to aerate the soil., aerated soil

verb

Help or encourage (something) to increase or improve.

Usage examples:

A range of measures to boost tourism

noun

A source of help or encouragement leading to increase or improvement.

Usage examples:

The cut in interest rates will give a further boost to the economy

verb

Help or encourage (something) to increase or improve.

Usage examples:

A range of measures to boost tourism

noun

A source of help or encouragement leading to increase or improvement.

Usage examples:

The cut in interest rates will give a further boost to the economy

noun

A push from below.

Usage examples:

This time, ian gave me a boost up, and i was climbing.

phrasal verb

Increase or raise

phrasal verb

To increase the amount or size of something

Usage examples:

The distributors will probably bump up the price of the software when the next version is released.

verb

Make or become wider, larger, or more open.

Usage examples:

Her eyes dilated with horror

adjective

Wider or further open than usual

Usage examples:

Dilated pupils

adjective

Too large or too small in comparison with something else.

Usage examples:

People on lower incomes spend a disproportionate amount of their income on fuel

verb

Undergo disproportionation.

Usage examples:

Water disproportionates to oxygen and hydrogen

adjective

Too great or too small when compared to something else

Usage examples:

The sheer size of the company gave it disproportionate influence in dealing with the pentagon and c…

adjective

Swollen due to pressure from inside; bloated.

Usage examples:

A distended belly

verb

Swell or cause to swell by pressure from inside.

Usage examples:

The abdomen distended rapidly

adjective

Swollen and large in a way that is not normal, especially because of pressure from inside

Usage examples:

The television showed images of starving children with distended bellies., his abdomen had become v…

verb

Cause to swell with blood, water, or another fluid.

Usage examples:

The river was engorged by a day-long deluge

adjective

If a part of the body is engorged, it has become swollen or filled with a liquid, especially blood.

adjective

Having become or been made larger.

Usage examples:

An enlarged spleen

verb

Make or become larger or more extensive.

Usage examples:

They have renovated and enlarged the four-storey building

verb

Increase rapidly.

Usage examples:

The price of tickets escalated

verb

To make or become greater or more serious

Usage examples:

[ t ] sending in more troops would escalate the war., [ i ] our costs escalated considerably over t…

verb

To become more important or serious, or to make something do this

Usage examples:

A problem/crisis/dispute escalates mediation can be used to settle disputes at an early stage and s…

adjective

More than is necessary, normal, or desirable; immoderate.

Usage examples:

He was drinking excessive amounts of brandy

Beyond normal limits

adjective

Too much or too many

Usage examples:

Some property owners complained that they were being charged excessive fees., the directive will pr…

adjective

Being or having been enlarged or extended.

Usage examples:

The individual was able to interface with an enlarged public and an expanded dialogical space emerg…

verb

Become or make larger or more extensive.

Usage examples:

Their business expanded into other hotels

verb

Past simple and past participle of expand

Usage examples:

The air in the balloon expands when heated., they expanded their retail operations during the 1980s.

verb

Cause (a space or container) to become full or almost full.

Usage examples:

I filled the bottle with water

noun

An amount of something which is as much as one wants or can bear.

Usage examples:

We have eaten our fill

noun

An amount of something which will occupy all the space in a container.

Usage examples:

a fill of tobacco

adjective

Of great vertical extent.

Usage examples:

The top of a high mountain

noun

A high point, level, or figure.

Usage examples:

Commodity prices were at a rare high

adverb

At or to a considerable or specified height.

Usage examples:

The sculpture stood about five feet high

verb

Become or make greater in size, amount, or degree.

Usage examples:

Car use is increasing at an alarming rate

noun

A rise in the size, amount, or degree of something.

Usage examples:

An increase of 28.3 per cent

verb

A process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous

verb

Become or make greater in size, amount, or degree.

Usage examples:

Car use is increasing at an alarming rate

noun

A rise in the size, amount, or degree of something.

Usage examples:

An increase of 28.3 per cent

noun

A rise in the size, amount, or degree of something.

Usage examples:

An increase of 28.3 per cent

phrasal verb

Raise something, especially a vehicle, with a jack.

Usage examples:

Jack the car up until the wheel can spin freely

phrasal verb

Inject oneself with an illegal drug.

Usage examples:

We stepped over people jacking up in the street outside

phrasal verb

Give up or refuse to participate in something.

Usage examples:

They'd just jack up and go on strike

adjective

Shockingly bad or excessive.

Usage examples:

An outrageous act of bribery

adjective

(of a law or rule) forbidding or restricting something.

Usage examples:

Prohibitive legislation

adjective

(of costs) too expensive to pay

Usage examples:

The cost of a nursing home is prohibitive., fees are prohibitively expensive.

adjective

Too expensive for most people

Usage examples:

Prohibitive costs/fees/rates green groups have been unable to challenge instances of pollution in c…

verb

Lift or move to a higher position or level.

Usage examples:

She raised both arms above her head

noun

An increase in salary.

Usage examples:

He wants a raise and some perks

verb

Move upwards

adjective

Elevated to a higher position or level; lifted.

Usage examples:

The lord and his family ate on a raised platform at one end of the hall

verb

Lift or move to a higher position or level.

Usage examples:

She raised both arms above her head

verb

Past simple and past participle of raise

Usage examples:

Would all those in favour please raise their hands?, he raised the window and leaned out., mary qua…

adjective

At a very high level

Usage examples:

Our expectations of him were sky-high.

adjective

At a very high level or in very large amounts

Usage examples:

Investor confidence is sky-high., sky-high prices/rates/interest, rents have climbed sky-high.

verb

(of something soft or elastic) be made or be capable of being made longer or wider without tearing or breaking.

Usage examples:

My jumper stretched in the wash

noun

An act of stretching one's limbs or body.

Usage examples:

I got up and had a stretch

noun

A continuous area or expanse of land or water.

Usage examples:

A treacherous stretch of road

verb

(especially of a part of the body) become larger or rounder in size, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid.

Usage examples:

Her bruised knee was already swelling up

noun

A full or gently rounded shape or form.

Usage examples:

The soft swell of her breast

noun

A gradual increase in amount, intensity, or volume.

Usage examples:

A huge swell in the popularity of one-day cricket

adjective

Not guided by or based on good sense.

Usage examples:

She knew she was being unreasonable, but she resented his domesticity

adjective

Not based on or using good judgment; not fair

Usage examples:

It’s unreasonable to expect him to work every weekend., he thinks the cops acted unreasonably.

adjective

Not fair or acceptable

Usage examples:

A merchant is not required to satisfy a customer's unreasonable demands., be unreasonable for sb/st…

adjective

Not justified or authorized.

Usage examples:

I am sure your fears are unwarranted

adjective

Lacking a good reason; unnecessary

Usage examples:

They denounced the investigation as an unwarranted interference with their business.