deflate (verb)

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• deflate — ► VERB 1) let air or gas out of (a tyre, balloon, etc.). 2) cause to feel suddenly dispirited. 3) reduce price levels in (an economy). DERIVATIVES deflator noun …   English terms dictionary

• deflate — de‧flate [ˌdiː fleɪt, ˌdɪ ] verb [intransitive, transitive] ECONOMICS 1. if a government deflates the economy, it reduces the demand for goods and services by raising interest rates and taxes, limiting wage increases, reducing government spending …   Financial and business terms

• deflate — verb (deflated; deflating) Etymology: de + flate (as in inflate) Date: 1891 transitive verb 1. to release air or gas from < deflate a tire > 2. to reduce in size, importance, or effecti …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• deflate — verb Deflate is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑tyre Deflate is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ego, ↑tyre …   Collocations dictionary

• deflate — verb 1 (I, T) if a tyre, balloon 1 (1) balloon 1 (2) etc deflates, or if you deflate it, it gets smaller because the gas inside it comes out 2 (T) to make someone feel less important or less confident: I d love to deflate that ego of his! 3 (T)… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• deflate — verb a) To cause an object to decrease or become smaller in some parameter, e.g. to shrink b) To reduce the amount of available currency or credit and thus lower prices. Ant: inflate …   Wiktionary

• deflate — verb 1》 let air or gas out of (a tyre, balloon, or similar object).     ↘be emptied of air or gas. 2》 [usu. as adjective deflated] cause to feel suddenly dispirited. 3》 Economics reduce price levels in (an economy). Derivatives deflator noun… …   English new terms dictionary

• deflate — verb 1) he deflated the tires Syn: let down, flatten, void; puncture Ant: inflate 2) the balloon deflated Syn: go down, collapse, shrink, contract …   Thesaurus of popular words

• deflate — [[t]dɪfle͟ɪt[/t]] deflates, deflating, deflated 1) VERB If you deflate someone or something, you take away their confidence or make them seem less important. [V n] Like any actor he can be self centred but I think I ve worked out how to deflate… …   English dictionary

• deflate — UK [diːˈfleɪt] / US [dɪˈfleɪt] verb Word forms deflate : present tense I/you/we/they deflate he/she/it deflates present participle deflating past tense deflated past participle deflated 1) [transitive] to make someone feel less confident or… …   English dictionary

• deflate — de|flate [ dı fleıt ] verb 1. ) transitive to make someone feel less confident or important: Peter s comments completely deflated the boy s confidence. 2. ) intransitive or transitive if a tire or BALLOON deflates, or if you deflate it, air comes …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English