DEFLATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does deflate mean?
• DEFLATE (verb)
The verb DEFLATE has 6 senses:
1. collapse by releasing contained air or gas
2. release contained air or gas from
3. reduce or lessen the size or importance of
4. produce deflation in
5. reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices
6. become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air
Familiarity information: DEFLATE used as a verb is common.
Dictionary entry details
• DEFLATE (verb)
Meaning:
Collapse by releasing contained air or gas
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
deflate a balloon
Hypernyms (to "deflate" is one way to...):
collapse (fold or close up)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Release contained air or gas from
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
deflate the air mattress
Hypernyms (to "deflate" is one way to...):
release; turn (let (something) fall or spill a container)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Reduce or lessen the size or importance of
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
deflate; puncture
Context example:
The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence
Hypernyms (to "deflate" is one way to...):
deprecate; depreciate; vilipend (belittle)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Produce deflation in
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
The new measures deflated the economy
Hypernyms (to "deflate" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Antonym:
inflate (cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit)
Meaning:
Reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
deflate the currency
Hypernyms (to "deflate" is one way to...):
bring down; cut; cut back; cut down; reduce; trim; trim back; trim down (cut down on; make a reduction in)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Antonym:
inflate (increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value)
Meaning:
Become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
The balloons deflated
Hypernyms (to "deflate" is one way to...):
decrease; diminish; fall; lessen (decrease in size, extent, or range)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Antonym:
inflate (fill with gas or air)
