deflate
(verb) become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air; “The balloons deflated”
deflate, puncture
(verb) reduce or lessen the size or importance of; “The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence”
deflate
(verb) release contained air or gas from; “deflate the air mattress”
deflate
(verb) collapse by releasing contained air or gas; “deflate a balloon”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
deflate (third-person singular simple present deflates, present participle deflating, simple past and past participle deflated)
(transitive) To remove air or some other gas from within an elastic container, e.g. a balloon or tyre
(transitive) To cause an object to decrease or become smaller in some parameter, e.g. to shrink
(transitive, economics) To reduce the amount of available currency or credit and thus lower prices.
(intransitive) To become deflated.
(transitive) To let down or disappoint.
(transitive, computing) To compress (data) according to a particular algorithm.
• inflate
Source: Wiktionary
De*flate", v. t. Etym: [Pref. de- down + L. flare, flatus to blow.]
Definition: To reduce from an inflated condition.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
