What is "inflates"

Usage examples of "inflates".

But the dollar inflates too, so I guessed it must be about one hundred and fifty to one by now.

Gregorius's bag also inflates like a giant balloon as atmosphere rushes out of the hullbreech and fills the space around him.

The airbag inflates, comes back down a second later like a curtain revealing the structure of his new life: he is stuck in a dead car in an empty pool in a TMAWH, the sirens of the Burbclave's security police are approaching, and there's a pizza behind his head, resting there like the blade of a guillotine, with 25:17 on it.

The pirate puts his condom to his lips and inflates it into a slippery ribbed balloon.

Fusion stops, the sun cools a bit, shrinks a bit, the core gets denser and hotter, fusion starts again, the new warmth inflates the sun.