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puff

/ puff /
adjective satellite/verb

Definitions & Examples

adjective satellite Sense 1
gathered for protruding fullness
"puff sleeves"
Similar:
fancy
verb Sense 2
to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"
Type of:
swell swell up intumesce
Derived:
puffer blowfish globefish
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 3
blow hard and loudly
"he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain"
Type of:
blow
Derived:
puffing huffing snorting blow
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 4
praise extravagantly
"The critics puffed up this Broadway production"
Type of:
praise
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
noun Sense 5
a short light gust of air
Type of:
gust blast blow
Derived:
whiff
noun Sense 6
a light inflated pastry or puff shell
Type of:
pastry
Kinds of:
cream puff chou
noun Sense 7
exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
Type of:
recommendation testimonial good word
Derived:
puff up
verb Sense 8
smoke and exhale strongly
"puff a cigar"
"whiff a pipe"
Type of:
smoke
Derived:
drag pull puffing
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 9
suck in or take (air)
"draw a deep breath"
"draw on a cigarette"
Type of:
inhale inspire breathe in
Derived:
drag pull
Entails:
smoke
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 10
make proud or conceited
"The sudden fame puffed her ego"
Type of:
elate lift up uplift
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
noun Sense 11
a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
"he took a puff on his pipe"
"he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly"
Type of:
inhalation inspiration aspiration
Kinds of:
toke
Has parts:
smoke smoking
Derived:
drag draw whiff
verb Sense 12
speak in a blustering or scornful manner
"A puffing kind of man"
Type of:
boast tout swash
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 13
breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
"The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily"
Type of:
blow
Derived:
panting heaving gasp pant blow
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
noun Sense 14
a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin
Type of:
pad
noun Sense 15
forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth
"he gave his nose a loud blow"
"he blew out all the candles with a single puff"
Type of:
exhalation expiration breathing out
Kinds of:
insufflation
Derived:
huff chuff pant gasp heave
noun Sense 16
bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
Type of:
bedclothes bed clothing bedding
Kinds of:
eiderdown duvet continental quilt patchwork patchwork quilt
Derived:
comfort ease quilt
noun Sense 17
thick cushion used as a seat
Type of:
seat
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
17
Total Synonyms
1
Total Relationships
77
Times Searched
3
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fancy swell swell up intumesce blow praise gust blast pastry cream puff chou recommendation