deflate
verb/dɪˈfleɪt/, /ˌdiːˈfleɪt/
/dɪˈfleɪt/, /ˌdiːˈfleɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they deflate | /dɪˈfleɪt/, /ˌdiːˈfleɪt/ /dɪˈfleɪt/, /ˌdiːˈfleɪt/ |
| he / she / it deflates | /dɪˈfleɪts/, /ˌdiːˈfleɪts/ /dɪˈfleɪts/, /ˌdiːˈfleɪts/ |
| past simple deflated | /dɪˈfleɪtɪd/, /ˌdiːˈfleɪtɪd/ /dɪˈfleɪtɪd/, /ˌdiːˈfleɪtɪd/ |
| past participle deflated | /dɪˈfleɪtɪd/, /ˌdiːˈfleɪtɪd/ /dɪˈfleɪtɪd/, /ˌdiːˈfleɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form deflating | /dɪˈfleɪtɪŋ/, /ˌdiːˈfleɪtɪŋ/ /dɪˈfleɪtɪŋ/, /ˌdiːˈfleɪtɪŋ/ |
- /dɪˈfleɪt/, /ˌdiːˈfleɪt//dɪˈfleɪt/, /ˌdiːˈfleɪt/[transitive, intransitive] deflate (something) to let air or gas out of a tyre, balloon, etc.; to become smaller because of air or gas coming out
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- /dɪˈfleɪt//dɪˈfleɪt/[transitive, often passive] to make somebody feel less confident; to make somebody/something feel or seem less important
- be/feel deflated All the criticism had left her feeling totally deflated.
- /ˌdiːˈfleɪt//ˌdiːˈfleɪt/[transitive] deflate something (economics) to reduce the amount of money being used in a country so that prices fall or stay steady compare inflate, reflate
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from de- (expressing reversal) + -flate (as in inflate).
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