(~s, inflating, ~d)
1.
If you ~ something such as a balloon or tyre, or if it ~s, it becomes bigger as it is filled with air or a gas.
Stuart jumped into the sea and ~d the liferaft...
Don’s lifejacket had failed to ~.
VERB: V n, V
2.
If you say that someone ~s the price of something, or that the price ~s, you mean that the price increases.
The promotion of a big release can ~ a film’s final cost...
Clothing prices have not ~d as much as automobiles.
= increase
VERB: V n, V
~d
They had to buy everything at ~d prices at the ranch store.
ADJ
3.
If someone ~s the amount or effect of something, they say it is bigger, better, or more important than it really is, usually so that they can profit from it.
They ~d clients’ medical treatment to defraud insurance companies...
VERB: V n