deflate

Meanings

1. To remove air or some other gas from within an elastic container, e.g. a balloon or tyre.
2. To cause an object to decrease or become smaller in some parameter, e.g. to shrink
3. To reduce the amount of available currency or credit and thus lower prices.
4. To become deflated.
5. To let (someone) down, disappoint them, or put them in their place.
6. To compress (data) according to a particular algorithm.
7. To belch or flatulate

Etymology

From de- + (in)flate. Coined in 1891, in reference to balloons. Equivalent to Latin dē- (“away, from”) + Latin flō (“blow”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).