şişirmek — meaning in English

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

şişirmek is used for these senses in English:

• blow up (transitive, dated) To inflate, as with pride, self-conceit, etc.; to puff up.
• blow up (intransitive, of a storm) To begin; to gather; to form.
• inflate (transitive) To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally
• swell (transitive) To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate.

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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