INFLATE
inflate
Verb
- To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally
- You inflate a balloon by blowing air into it.
- To enlarge by filling with air (or a gas).
- The balloon will inflate if you blow into it.
- To swell; to puff up.
- to inflate somebody with pride or vanity
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