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deflate

/dɪˈfleɪt/

deflateverb

deflated

Past Simple

deflated

Past Participle

deflating

Gerund

/dɪˈfleɪt/

Traductions

démoraliserAu sens figuré, pour une personne ou son moral.

Her harsh criticism deflated his ego.

Sa critique sévère l'a démoralisé.

se dégonflerEmploi intransitif, pour un objet qui perd de l'air ou du gaz.

The air mattress deflated during the night.

Le matelas pneumatique s'est dégonflé pendant la nuit.

dégonfler

He deflated the balloon by letting the air out slowly.

Il a dégonflé le ballon en laissant sortir l'air lentement.

faire baisserSurtout en économie ou pour une valeur mesurable.

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

La politique de la banque centrale visait à faire baisser l'économie pour maîtriser l'inflation.

Définitions

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.

Synonymes

let out

Antonymes

deflatepast participle

Définitions

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

Définitions

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

Définitions

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.