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to deflate
01
to reduce the value or amount of something
Transitive: to deflate value or amount of something
02
to lose air or gas
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
deflate
3rd person singular
deflates
Present participle
deflating
Past simple
deflated
Past participle
deflated
03
to decrease the general level of prices of goods and services, often accompanied by a decline in economic activity
Transitive: to deflate the economy or economic values
04
to reduce or lessen the level of an attitude or feeling
Transitive: to deflate an attitude or feeling
05
to release and empty air or gas from a container, causing it to become less inflated
Transitive: to deflate a container
Lexical Tree
deflated
deflation
deflator
deflate
defl
