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enfler — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • inflate verb To fill something with air or gas so that it expands.
  • swell verb To grow bigger, especially by filling with fluid or gas.

Senses

enfler is used for these senses in English:

  • inflate (transitive) To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally
  • puff up (intransitive) To swell due to injury or illness.
  • swell (intransitive) To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.

inflate — full definition

  1. verb To fill something with air or gas so that it expands.
  2. verb To increase something, such as a price or figure, beyond its real or reasonable level.

swell — full definition

  1. verb To grow bigger, especially by filling with fluid or gas.
  2. verb To grow gradually in force, loudness, or intensity.
  3. noun A long, rolling ocean wave that continues after the wind that made it has died down.
  4. adj Excellent; very good (informal, dated-sounding).

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