deflate
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- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 7
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Definition of deflate
7 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
- (transitive)To remove air or some other gas from within an elastic container, e.g. a balloon or tyre.
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verb
- (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)To reduce the amount of available currency or credit and thus lower prices.
- (intransitive)To become deflated.
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(transitive)To let (someone) down, disappoint them, or put them in their place.
“deflate someone's ego”
“Scotland's first match at a men's major finals in 23 years ended in anguish after Patrik Schick's incredible halfway-line goal helped the Czech Republic inflict a deflating opening Euro 2020 defeat at Hampden.”
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(transitive)To compress (data) according to a particular algorithm.
“Never had a problem, guess I've never had to deflate multiple files!”
- (slang)To belch or flatulate
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From de- + (in)flate. Coined in 1891, in reference to balloons. Equivalent to Latin dē- (“away, from”) + Latin flō (“blow”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Words you can make from deflate
104 playable · top: DEFEAT (10 pts)
Best play defeat 10 points6-letter words
6 words5-letter words
11 words4-letter words
40 words- DAFT 8 pts
- DEAF 8 pts
- DEFT 8 pts
- DELF 8 pts
- FADE 8 pts
- FEED 8 pts
- FLED 8 pts
- ALEF 7 pts
- FATE 7 pts
- FEAL 7 pts
- FEAT 7 pts
- FEEL 7 pts
- FEET 7 pts
- FELT 7 pts
- FETA 7 pts
- FETE 7 pts
- FLAT 7 pts
- FLEA 7 pts
- FLEE 7 pts
- LEAF 7 pts
- LEFT 7 pts
- DALE 5 pts
- DATE 5 pts
- DEAL 5 pts
- DEET 5 pts
- DELE 5 pts
- DELT 5 pts
- LADE 5 pts
- LEAD 5 pts
- LEDE 5 pts
- TEED 5 pts
- ALEE 4 pts
- LATE 4 pts
- LEET 4 pts
- TAEL 4 pts
- TALE 4 pts
- TEAL 4 pts
- TEEL 4 pts
- TELA 4 pts
- TELE 4 pts
3-letter words
31 words- DEF 7 pts
- FAD 7 pts
- FED 7 pts
- AFT 6 pts
- EFT 6 pts
- ELF 6 pts
- FAT 6 pts
- FEE 6 pts
- FET 6 pts
- DAL 4 pts
- DEE 4 pts
- DEL 4 pts
- ELD 4 pts
- LAD 4 pts
- LED 4 pts
- TAD 4 pts
- TED 4 pts
- ALE 3 pts
- ALT 3 pts
- ATE 3 pts
- EAT 3 pts
- EEL 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- LAT 3 pts
- LEA 3 pts
- LEE 3 pts
- LET 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TEE 3 pts
- TEL 3 pts
2-letter words
15 wordsHooks
3 extensions · 3 back
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