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deflate

/dɪˈfleɪt/

deflateverb

deflated

Past Simple

deflated

Past Participle

deflating

Gerund

/dɪˈfleɪt/

Translations

спускать

She decided to deflate the balloon after the party.

Она решила спустить шарик после вечеринки.

сдувать

He used a pump to deflate the air mattress.

Он использовал насос, чтобы сдуть надувной матрас.

опускать

The news seemed to deflate his enthusiasm.

Новости, казалось, опустили его энтузиазм.

Additional translations

снижаться

смачиваться

ослабевать

Definitions

To release air or gas from something, causing it to shrink or collapse.

He deflated the balloon by letting the air out slowly.

To reduce the level of something, such as prices or importance.

The central bank's policy was designed to deflate the economy to control inflation.

To make someone feel less confident or important.

Her harsh criticism deflated his ego.

To lose air or gas and shrink or collapse.

The air mattress deflated during the night.

Synonyms

let out

Antonyms

deflatepast participle

Definitions

Having lost air or gas and therefore shrunk or collapsed; figuratively, having lost confidence or enthusiasm.

After the defeat, the team looked utterly deflated.

deflategerund / present participle

Definitions

Causing a loss of confidence, pride, or value; making something or someone feel or appear smaller or less important.

It was a deflating moment when the project was rejected.

Allowing air or gas to escape and therefore shrinking or collapsing.

They pulled over to fix the deflating tire before it went completely flat.

deflateproper noun

Definitions

A lossless data-compression algorithm that combines LZ77 sliding-window compression with Huffman coding, widely used in ZIP, gzip, and PNG formats.

PNG images are compressed using DEFLATE to reduce their file size.