See deflate on Wiktionary
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"To remove air or some other gas from within an elastic container, e.g. a balloon or tyre."
],
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"(transitive) To remove air or some other gas from within an elastic container, e.g. a balloon or tyre."
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]
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"shrink",
"shrink"
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"(transitive) To cause an object to decrease or become smaller in some parameter, e.g. to shrink"
],
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"transitive"
]
},
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"English transitive verbs",
"en:Economics"
],
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"To reduce the amount of available currency or credit and thus lower prices."
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[
"economics",
"economics"
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[
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[
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[
"price",
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"(transitive, economics) To reduce the amount of available currency or credit and thus lower prices."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"economics",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To become deflated."
],
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[
"deflated",
"deflated"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To become deflated."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
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"text": "deflate someone's ego",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2021 June 14, Scott Mullen, “Scotland 0-2 Czech Republic”, in BBC Sport:",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quote"
}
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],
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[
"let (someone) down",
"let down"
],
[
"disappoint",
"disappoint"
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[
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"put someone in their place"
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],
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"(transitive) To let (someone) down, disappoint (them), or put (them) in (their) place."
],
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"transitive"
]
},
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"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
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],
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{
"ref": "2003, Alan D Johnson, “unzip utility on HPUX”, in comp.sys.hp.hpux (Usenet):",
"text": "Never had a problem, guess I've never had to deflate multiple files!",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To compress (data) according to a particular algorithm."
],
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[
"computing",
"computing#Noun"
],
[
"compress",
"compress"
],
[
"algorithm",
"algorithm"
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"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
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[
"belch",
"belch"
],
[
"flatulate",
"flatulate"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang) To belch or flatulate"
],
"tags": [
"slang"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/diːˈfleɪt/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
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{
"rhymes": "-eɪt"
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],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "reduction, usually in volume",
"word": "انْكَمَش"
},
{
"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Bikol Central",
"sense": "reduction, usually in volume",
"word": "kupos"
},
{
"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Bikol Central",
"sense": "reduction, usually in volume",
"word": "lupos"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izprazvam",
"sense": "reduction, usually in volume",
"word": "изпразвам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "namaljavam",
"sense": "reduction, usually in volume",
"word": "намалявам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izpuskam vǎzduha",
"sense": "reduction, usually in volume",
"word": "изпускам въздуха"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fàngqì",
"sense": "reduction, usually in volume",
"word": "放气"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fàngqì",
"sense": "reduction, usually in volume",
"word": "放氣 /放气"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "reduction, usually in volume",
"word": "tyhjentää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "reduction, usually in volume",
"word": "kutistaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "reduction, usually in volume",
"word": "dégonfler"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "reduction, usually in volume",
"word": "désenfler"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "reduction, usually in volume",
"word": "entleeren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "reduction, usually in volume",
"word": "sich entleeren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "reduction, usually in volume",
"word": "ablassen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "reduction, usually in volume",
"word": "leeren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "reduction, usually in volume",
"word": "verkleinern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "reduction, usually in volume",
"word": "verringern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "reduction, usually in volume",
"word": "schrumpfen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "reduction, usually in volume",
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"transitive"
],
"word": "leereszt"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "reduction, usually in volume",
"word": "zsugorodik (intr)"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "reduction, usually in volume",
"word": "összezsugorodik (intr)"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "reduction, usually in volume",
"word": "zsugorít (tr)"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "reduction, usually in volume",
"word": "csökken (intr)"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "reduction, usually in volume",
"word": "csökkent (tr)"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "reduction, usually in volume",
"word": "deflar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"english": "all senses",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "reduction, usually in volume",
"word": "deflazionare"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "reduction, usually in volume",
"word": "exanimō"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "izdišuva",
"sense": "reduction, usually in volume",
"word": "издишува"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "reduction, usually in volume",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "spuszczać powietrze"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "reduction, usually in volume",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "spuścić powietrze"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "reduction, usually in volume",
"word": "desinflar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "reduction, usually in volume",
"word": "murchar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "reduction, usually in volume",
"word": "esvaziar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "reduction, usually in volume",
"word": "dezumfla"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sduvátʹ",
"sense": "reduction, usually in volume",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сдува́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sdutʹ",
"sense": "reduction, usually in volume",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "сдуть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "reduction, usually in volume",
"word": "desinflar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "reduction, usually in volume",
"word": "deshinchar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "reduction, usually in volume",
"word": "släppa ur"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "reduction, usually in volume",
"word": "släppa ut (luft, gas)"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "fɛ̂ɛp",
"sense": "reduction, usually in volume",
"word": "แฟบ"
}
],
"word": "deflate"
}
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