inflates
Examples
When a person inflates his own importance, he does not see his own sins; and his sins get bigger right along with him.
Knowledge fills a large brain; it merely inflates a small one.
Money flows into the US, and inflates US assets, and allows the US to have a monstrous trade deficit. That means we are consuming more than we are producing.
Aérospatiale-Celerg designed an LFRJ where the fuel is forced into the injectors by an elastomer bladder which inflates progressively along the length of the fuel tank.
As the airship ascends, the helium inflates with reduced outer pressure, and air is pushed out and released from the downward valve.
It inflates appetites for consumer goods and creature comforts.