Definition of "inflates" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inflate. (verb)

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• "You know, for instance, this is a beautiful container for asthma medicine that kind of inflates itself when it's time for you to take the medicine."
• "Of course, he has 28 strikeouts and zero walks against opposing pitchers, so that kind of inflates the numbers a little bit, but still, you'd think that someone like, I dunno, San Diego could've used him for nothing."
• ""spends our way out" of this mess as it "inflates" the battered credit markets ...... putting us even further into debt."