deflate

Definitions

• (transitive) To remove air or some other gas from within an elastic container, e.g. a balloon or tyre
• (transitive) To cause an object to decrease or become smaller in some parameter, e.g. to shrink
• (transitive) To reduce the amount of available currency or credit and thus lower prices.
• (intransitive) To become deflated.
• (transitive) To let down or disappoint.
• (transitive) To compress (data) according to a particular algorithm.