REFLATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reflate mean? 

• REFLATE (verb)
  The verb REFLATE has 4 senses:

1. economics: experience reflation

2. economics: raise demand, expand the money supply, or raise prices, after a period of deflation

3. inflate again

4. become inflated again

  Familiarity information: REFLATE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REFLATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they reflate    ... he / she / it reflates   
Past simple: reflated   
Past participle: reflated   
-ing form: reflating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Economics: experience reflation

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

The economy reflated after the Fed took extreme measures

Hypernyms (to "reflate" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Verb group:

reflate (economics: raise demand, expand the money supply, or raise prices, after a period of deflation)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

reflation (inflation of currency after a period of deflation; restore the system to a previous state)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Economics: raise demand, expand the money supply, or raise prices, after a period of deflation

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

These measures reflated the economy

Hypernyms (to "reflate" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

inflate (cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit)

Verb group:

reflate (economics: experience reflation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

reflation (inflation of currency after a period of deflation; restore the system to a previous state)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Inflate again

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

reflate the balloon

Hypernyms (to "reflate" is one way to...):

blow up; inflate (fill with gas or air)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 4

Meaning:

Become inflated again

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "reflate" is one way to...):

balloon; billow; inflate (become inflated)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s