reinflate

verb

re·​in·​flate (ˌ)rē-in-ˈflāt 

reinflated; reinflating

transitive verb

: to inflate (something deflated) again

When it is time to reinflate the boat, you must partially fill the craft with air, put the floorboards in place and then inflate it to capacity.

—Barbara Lloyd

Examples of reinflate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

One reason: Xi’s party is loath to reinflate bubbles or reward bad behavior in ways, squandering progress made to deleverage the economy. —William Pesek, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024

Give them a minute to reinflate on the other side, then hang up your items to let the wrinkles fall out. —David Pierce, WIRED, 23 Nov. 2024

Many cars without spares come with kits to patch and reinflate a tire that’s low on air. —Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023

Daley, who was mayor at the time, essentially adopted the strategy of hoping that the stock bubble would reinflate. —Dean Baker, The New Republic, 19 July 2023

Any one of those three guys would reinflate the opinion of the Cowboys’ receiver corps. —Dallas News, 5 Apr. 2022

The first inserted a tube to drain air from his chest cavity and allow his lung to reinflate. —Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Feb. 2021

The Pirates had gotten two back to close within 3-2, before Brayden Pranger, with his dart-like quickness, took advantage of errant pitches to reinflate the Bayside lead to 4-2. —Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 8 July 2020

In the emergency room, McCollester immediately cut into both sides of my rib cage to relieve pressure, helping my lungs reinflate. —Andrew J. Bernstein, Outside Online, 4 May 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1816, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for reinflate

• abdicate
• abrogate
• acetate
• activate
• actuate
• adsorbate
• aggravate
• agitate
• alginate
• alienate
• allocate
• amputate