Inflate and Plug

Inflate

Inflate verb - Fill with gas or air.

Plug and inflate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Plug" instead a verb "Inflate".

Plug

Plug verb - To close up so that no empty spaces remain.

Inflate and plug are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Inflate" instead a verb "Plug".

Nearby Words: plugged, plugboard

Common collocations

time inflate time plug time
points inflate points plug points

Both words in one sentence

  • Unsound Effect Curvy has quite a few of these, including (NSFW) plug for a shark being used to plug a hole in a ship, and inflate for someone being magically inflated so she can breathe underwater.
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