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deflate
de·flate D0095200 (dĭ-flāt′)v. de·flat·ed, de·flat·ing, de·flates v.tr.1. a. To release contained air or gas from.b. To collapse by releasing contained air or gas.2. To reduce or lessen the size or importance of: Losing the contest deflated my ego.3. Economics a. To reduce the amount or availability of (currency or credit), effecting a decline in prices.b. To produce deflation in (an economy).v.intr. To be or become deflated: The balloon deflated slowly.
[de- + (in)flate.]
de·fla′tor n.deflate (dɪˈfleɪt) vb1. to collapse or cause to collapse through the release of gas2. (tr) to take away the self-esteem or conceit from3. (Economics) economics to cause deflation of (an economy, the money supply, etc)[C19: from de- + (in)flate] deˈflator nde•flate (dɪˈfleɪt)
v. -flat•ed, -flat•ing. v.t. 1. to release the air or gas from (something inflated, as a balloon). 2. to depress or reduce (a person or a person's ego, hopes, etc.); puncture; dash. 3. to reduce (currency, prices, etc.) from an inflated condition. v.i. 4. to become deflated. [1890–95; de- + (in)flate] de•fla′tor, n. deflate
Past participle: deflated
Gerund: deflating
| Present |
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| I deflate | | you deflate | | he/she/it deflates | | we deflate | | you deflate | | they deflate |
| Preterite |
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| I deflated | | you deflated | | he/she/it deflated | | we deflated | | you deflated | | they deflated |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am deflating | | you are deflating | | he/she/it is deflating | | we are deflating | | you are deflating | | they are deflating |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have deflated | | you have deflated | | he/she/it has deflated | | we have deflated | | you have deflated | | they have deflated |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was deflating | | you were deflating | | he/she/it was deflating | | we were deflating | | you were deflating | | they were deflating |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had deflated | | you had deflated | | he/she/it had deflated | | we had deflated | | you had deflated | | they had deflated |
| Future |
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| I will deflate | | you will deflate | | he/she/it will deflate | | we will deflate | | you will deflate | | they will deflate |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have deflated | | you will have deflated | | he/she/it will have deflated | | we will have deflated | | you will have deflated | | they will have deflated |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be deflating | | you will be deflating | | he/she/it will be deflating | | we will be deflating | | you will be deflating | | they will be deflating |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been deflating | | you have been deflating | | he/she/it has been deflating | | we have been deflating | | you have been deflating | | they have been deflating |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been deflating | | you will have been deflating | | he/she/it will have been deflating | | we will have been deflating | | you will have been deflating | | they will have been deflating |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been deflating | | you had been deflating | | he/she/it had been deflating | | we had been deflating | | you had been deflating | | they had been deflating |
| Conditional |
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| I would deflate | | you would deflate | | he/she/it would deflate | | we would deflate | | you would deflate | | they would deflate |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have deflated | | you would have deflated | | he/she/it would have deflated | | we would have deflated | | you would have deflated | | they would have deflated |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | deflate - collapse by releasing contained air or gas; "deflate a balloon"collapse - fold or close up; "fold up your umbrella"; "collapse the music stand" | | 2. | deflate - release contained air or gas from; "deflate the air mattress"release, turn - let (something) fall or spill from a container; "turn the flour onto a plate" | | 3. | deflate - reduce or lessen the size or importance of; "The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence"puncturedepreciate, vilipend, deprecate - belittle; "The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts" | | 4. | deflate - produce deflation in; "The new measures deflated the economy"alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"inflate - cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit; "The war inflated the economy" | | 5. | deflate - reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices; "deflate the currency"cut down, reduce, trim back, trim down, cut, cut back, trim, bring down - cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"inflate - increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value; "inflate the currency" | | 6. | deflate - become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air; "The balloons deflated"decrease, diminish, lessen, fall - decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"inflate, blow up - fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons" |
deflateverb1. humiliate, humble, squash, put down (slang), disconcert, chasten, mortify, dispirit Her comments deflated him a bit.2. puncture, flatten, empty The vandals had deflated his car's tyres.
puncture expand, blow up, enlarge, inflate, pump up, aerate, puff up or out3. collapse, go down, contract, empty, shrink, void, flatten The balloon began to deflate.
collapse expand, swell, balloon, blow up, enlarge, inflate, dilate, distend, bloat, puff up or out4. (Economics) reduce, depress, decrease, diminish, devalue, depreciate artificially deflated pricesdeflateverbTo cause to be no longer believed or valued:debunk, discredit, explode, puncture.Informal: shoot down.Idioms: knock the bottom out of, shoot full of holes.Translationsdeflate (diˈfleit) verb1. to let gas out of (a tyre etc). 抽出…中的氣，放氣 使瘪下去，放气 2. to reduce (a person's) importance, self-confidence etc. He was completely deflated by his failure. 降低...的地位，挫某人的銳氣 降低...的地位，挫败（某人的）锐气 deˈflation noun 洩氣 放气，通货紧缩 deflate
deflate (file format, compression)A compression standard derivedfrom LZ77; it is reportedly used in zip, gzip, PKZIP,and png, among others.
Unlike LZW, deflate compression does not use patentedcompression algorithms.
Used as a verb to mean to compress (not decompress!) a filewhich has been compressed using deflate compression. Theopposite, inflate, means to decompress data which has beendeflated.
Deflate is described in RFC 1951.Deflate
To leak fluid from, as in a breast implantFinancialSeeDeflatordeflate
Synonyms for deflateverb humiliateSynonyms- humiliate
- humble
- squash
- put down
- disconcert
- chasten
- mortify
- dispirit
verb punctureSynonymsAntonyms- expand
- blow up
- enlarge
- inflate
- pump up
- aerate
- puff up or out
verb collapseSynonyms- collapse
- go down
- contract
- empty
- shrink
- void
- flatten
Antonyms- expand
- swell
- balloon
- blow up
- enlarge
- inflate
- dilate
- distend
- bloat
- puff up or out
verb reduceSynonyms- reduce
- depress
- decrease
- diminish
- devalue
- depreciate
Synonyms for deflateverb to cause to be no longer believed or valuedSynonyms- debunk
- discredit
- explode
- puncture
- shoot down
Synonyms for deflateverb collapse by releasing contained air or gasRelated Wordsverb release contained air or gas fromRelated Wordsverb reduce or lessen the size or importance ofSynonymsRelated Words- depreciate
- vilipend
- deprecate
verb produce deflation inRelated WordsAntonymsverb reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or pricesRelated Words- cut down
- reduce
- trim back
- trim down
- cut
- cut back
- trim
- bring down
Antonymsverb become deflated or flaccid, as by losing airRelated Words- decrease
- diminish
- lessen
- fall
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