inflate

1. (transitive) To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormallyExamples: "You inflate a balloon by blowing air into it."; "When passion's tumults in the bosom rise, / Inflate the features, and enrage the eyes."transitive

2. (intransitive) To enlarge by filling with air (or a gas).Examples: "The balloon will inflate if you blow into it."intransitive

3. (figurative) To swell; to puff up.Examples: "to inflate somebody with pride or vanity"; "[I]f they find / Some stain or blemish in a name of note, / Not grieving that their greatest are so small, / Inflate themselves with some insane delight, / And judge all nature from her feet of clay, […]"figuratively

4. (transitive, computing) To decompress (data) that was previously deflated.transitive

5. (figurative, transitive) To represent something as being more important, better, or worse than it actually is; to exaggerate.Examples: "Israel routinely claims that the Gaza Ministry of Health, which is run by Hamas, has a tendency to inflate the number of Palestinian casualties in the Gaza Strip."figurativelytransitive