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- DictionaryDe·flate/dəˈflāt/
verb
- 1. let air or gas out of (a tire, balloon, or similar object): "he deflated one of the tires"
- 2. cause (someone) to suddenly lose confidence or feel less important: "his response deflated me"
1. : to release air or gas from. deflate a tire. 2. : to reduce in size, importance, or effectiveness. deflate his ego with cutting remarks. 3. : to reduce (a price level) or cause (a volume of credit) to contract. intransitive verb. : to lose firmness through or as if through the escape of contained gas. deflator noun. or less commonly deflater.
to depress or reduce (a person or a person's ego, hopes, spirits, etc.); puncture; dash: Her rebuff thoroughly deflated me. to reduce (currency, prices, etc.) from an inflated condition; to affect with deflation.
to allow air or gas to escape from within a container: [ T ] When the roads are icy, you may have to deflate your tires a bit. fig. Someone or something that is deflated suddenly feels or is considered less important: [ T ] The allegations deflate the respect people have for the presidency.
to allow air or gas to escape from within a container: [ T ] When the roads are icy, you may have to deflate your tires a bit. fig. Someone or something that is deflated suddenly feels or is considered less important: [ T ] The allegations deflate the respect people have for the presidency.
To deflate is to let the air out of something. If you deflate the tires on your brother's bike, he won't be able to ride it until he gets them pumped up again. You can deflate anything that's full of air or another gas: an air mattress, an inflatable sled, a helium balloon, or the tires on your car.
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. [ VERB noun ]
Definition of deflate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If you deflate someone or something, you take away their confidence or make them seem less important.
deflate meaning: 1. to let all the air or gas out of something, or to become emptied of air or gas: 2. to make…. Learn more.
deflate meaning, definition, what is deflate: if a tyre, balloon etc deflates, or if y...: Learn more.
