inflate

Verb

• become inflated
  • The sails ballooned
    

• increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value
  • inflate the currency
    

• cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit
  • The war inflated the economy
    

• fill with gas or air
  • inflate a balloons
    

• exaggerate or make bigger
  • The charges were inflated
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  balloon , billow , blow up , expand , amplify