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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]


  deflate
       
           A compression standard derived
          from LZ77; it is reportedly used in zip, gzip, PKZIP,
          and png, among others.
       
          Unlike LZW, deflate compression does not use patented
          compression algorithms.
       
          Used as a verb to mean to compress (not decompress!) a file
          which has been compressed using deflate compression.  The
          opposite, inflate, means to decompress data which has been
          deflated.
       
          Deflate is described in RFC 1951.
       
          (1997-06-21)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  deflate \de*flate"\, v. t. [Pref. de- down + L. flare, flatus to
     blow.]
     To reduce from an inflated condition; used literally and
     metaphorically; as, to deflate a tire; to deflate
     expectations.
     [1913 Webster +PJC]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Deflate \De*flate"\, v. t. [Pref. de- down + L. flare, flatus to
     blow.]
     To reduce from an inflated condition.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  deflate
       v 1: collapse by releasing contained air or gas; "deflate a
            balloon"
       2: release contained air or gas from; "deflate the air
          mattress"
       3: reduce or lessen the size or importance of; "The bad review
          of his work deflated his self-confidence" [syn: puncture]
       4: produce deflation in; "The new measures deflated the
          economy" [ant: inflate]
       5: reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a
          decline in value or prices; "deflate the currency" [ant: inflate]
       6: become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air; "The balloons
          deflated" [ant: inflate]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  deflate
     Αγγλικά vb.
     υποτιμώ κάποιον

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  deflate
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To remove air or some other gas from within an
  elastic container, e.g. a balloon or tyre
     2 (lb en transitive) To cause an object to decrease or become smaller
  in some parameter, e.g. to shrink
     3 (lb en transitive economics) To reduce the amount of available
  currency or credit and thus lower prices.
     4 (lb en intransitive) To become deflated.
     5 (lb en transitive) To let down or disappoint.
     6 (lb en transitive computing) To compress (data) according to a
  particular algorithm. <!--
  https://groups.google.com/forum/#!search/%22deflated%22$20compressed$20data
  -->

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  deflate
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To remove air or some other gas from within an
  elastic container, e.g. a balloon or tyre
     2 (lb en transitive) To cause an object to decrease or become smaller
  in some parameter, e.g. to shrink
     3 (lb en transitive economics) To reduce the amount of available
  currency or credit and thus lower prices.
     4 (lb en intransitive) To become deflated.
     5 (lb en transitive) To let down or disappoint.
     6 (lb en transitive computing) To compress (data) according to a
  particular algorithm. <!--
  https://groups.google.com/forum/#!search/%22deflated%22$20compressed$20data
  -->

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  deflate
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To remove air or some other gas from within an
  elastic container, e.g. a balloon or tyre
     2 (lb en transitive) To cause an object to decrease or become smaller
  in some parameter, e.g. to shrink
     3 (lb en transitive economics) To reduce the amount of available
  currency or credit and thus lower prices.
     4 (lb en intransitive) To become deflated.
     5 (lb en transitive) To let down or disappoint.
     6 (lb en transitive computing) To compress (data) according to a
  particular algorithm. <!--
  https://groups.google.com/forum/#!search/%22deflated%22$20compressed$20data
  -->

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  deflate
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To remove air or some other gas from within an
  elastic container, e.g. a balloon or tyre
     2 (lb en transitive) To cause an object to decrease or become smaller
  in some parameter, e.g. to shrink
     3 (lb en transitive economics) To reduce the amount of available
  currency or credit and thus lower prices.
     4 (lb en intransitive) To become deflated.
     5 (lb en transitive) To let down or disappoint.
     6 (lb en transitive computing) To compress (data) according to a
  particular algorithm. <!--
  https://groups.google.com/forum/#!search/%22deflated%22$20compressed$20data
  -->

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  deflate
     Englanti vb.
     1 parantaa rahan arvoa
     2 tyhjäntää
     3 tyhjentyä
     4 vähentää, heikentää
     5 lannistaa, masentaa

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  deflate
     Engelska vb.
     1 tömma ut, uttömma, tömma på luft, ta luften ur, sänka, sjunka
     2 (tagg ekonomi språk=en) deflatera; bli deflation

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Deflate /diːflˈeɪt/
  فرّغ

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  deflate //diːˈfleɪt// 
  изпразвам, изпускам въздуха, намалявам
  reduction, usually in volume