deflate
🇺🇸
/dɪˈfleɪt/
🇬🇧
/dɪˈfleɪt/
verb
R
To let air or gas out so something gets smaller.
When you deflate a balloon, it shrinks.
R
To make someone feel less confident or important.
Criticism can deflate someone's confidence quickly.
R
To reduce how much money is used, making prices go down or stay the same.
Governments may deflate the economy to control inflation.
translation
To let air or gas out so something gets smaller.; To make someone feel less confident or important.; To reduce how much money is used, making prices go down or stay the same.
Word Forms
3rd Present
deflates
Past
deflated
Perfect
deflated
Progressive
deflating