inflate

Etymology
From, from the verb. .

Pronunciation




Verb

 * 1)  To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally
 * 2)  To enlarge by filling with air (or a gas).
 * 3)  To swell; to puff up.
 * 4)  To decompress (data) that was previously deflated.
 * 5)  To represent something as being more important, better, or worse than it actually is; to exaggerate.
 * Israel routinely claims that the Gaza Ministry of Health, which is run by Hamas, has a tendency to inflate the number of Palestinian casualties in the Gaza Strip. 
 * 1)  To decompress (data) that was previously deflated.
 * 2)  To represent something as being more important, better, or worse than it actually is; to exaggerate.
 * Israel routinely claims that the Gaza Ministry of Health, which is run by Hamas, has a tendency to inflate the number of Palestinian casualties in the Gaza Strip. 
 * 1)  To represent something as being more important, better, or worse than it actually is; to exaggerate.
 * Israel routinely claims that the Gaza Ministry of Health, which is run by Hamas, has a tendency to inflate the number of Palestinian casualties in the Gaza Strip. 

Translations

 * Arabic: نَفَخَ
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: nafouknout
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: täis puhuma
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Friulian: enflâ, sglonfâ
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: φυσιόω
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: blása upp
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: inflō, sufflō
 * Latvian: piepūst
 * Macedonian: надувува, дува
 * Maori: whakamakoha
 * Polish:, , nadmuchać,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , , , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: sèid
 * Slovak: nafúkať
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: blåsa upp
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: надува́ти, надима́ти, наду́ти


 * Arabic: نَفَخَ
 * Bulgarian: напомпвам
 * Czech: nafouknout
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hindi:
 * Latin: sufflō
 * Polish: pompować balon, napompować balon
 * Portuguese:


 * Bulgarian: надувам се
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * French: se gonfler,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Macedonian: надувува, дува
 * Maori: whakamakoha
 * Ottoman Turkish: شیشمك, قبارمق
 * Russian:, , , , ,
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:


 * Finnish:
 * Spanish: ,


 * Korean:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Adverb

 * 1) haughtily, proudly, pompously