to deflate

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To let down or disappoint
To become deflated
To cause an object to decrease or become smaller in some parameter, e.g. to shrink
If you deflate someone or something, you take away their confidence or make them seem less important. Britain's other hopes of medals were deflated earlier in the day. + deflated de·flat·ed When she refused I felt deflated
reduce or lessen the size or importance of; "The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence"
become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air; "The balloons deflated"
To reduce the amount of available currency or credit and thus lower prices
collapse by releasing contained air or gas; "deflate a balloon"
The name of the compression algorithm used in standard PNG files, as well as in zip, gzip, pkzip, and other compression programs Deflate is a member of the LZ77 family of compression methods
reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices; "deflate the currency"
release contained air or gas from; "deflate the air mattress"
collapse by releasing contained air or gas; "deflate a balloon
Compression method introduced to compete with LZS and MPPC
produce deflation in; "The new measures deflated the economy"
When something such as a tyre or balloon deflates, or when you deflate it, all the air comes out of it. When it returns to shore, the life-jacket will deflate and revert to a harness We deflate the tyres to make it easier to cross the desert. inflate
To deflate the economy means to set out to deliberately reduce the level of economic activity This is most likely to be necessary because there is an excess level of demand and this is leading to demand-pull inflation Deflating means using deflationary policies These could include cutting government expenditure, increasing taxes or raising interest rates
{f} release air from; reduce in stature, humble; reduce currency or prices from an inflated condition
To cause an object to shrink by allowing air (or a gas) to escape from inside it
To reduce from an inflated condition
become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air; "The balloons deflated" reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices; "deflate the currency" produce deflation in; "The new measures deflated the economy" reduce or lessen the size or importance of; "The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence" release contained air or gas from; "deflate the air mattress" collapse by releasing contained air or gas; "deflate a balloon
to deflate

    Silbentrennung

    to de·flate

    Türkische aussprache

    tı dîfleyt

    Aussprache

    /tə dəˈflāt/ /tə dɪˈfleɪt/
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