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puff
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- pronunciation:
- puhf
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- phrases:
- puff up
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a brief, forceful emission of breath, air, or vapor.
a puff of smoke- similar words:
- gust
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| definition 2: |
the sound made by this emission.
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| definition 3: |
the substance that is emitted in a puff.
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| definition 4: |
an instance of inhalation and exhalation, as when smoking tobacco.
- similar words:
- drag, pull
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| definition 5: |
a light pastry, often filled with a sweet cream or custard mixture.
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| definition 6: |
a small, soft cosmetic pad.
a powder puff |
| definition 7: |
a section of material that has been gathered to create fullness, as in the sleeve of a garment.
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| related words: |
billow, breeze, cloud, pant, waft |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
puffs, puffing, puffed |
| definition 1: |
to emit in short, strong gusts or blasts.
The smokestack puffed a thick, black cloud of smoke. |
| definition 2: |
to inhale smoke from (a cigarette or cigar); smoke.
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| definition 3: |
to cause to swell or inflate.
His ankle was puffed up from the sprain.- similar words:
- billow, bloat, distend
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| definition 4: |
to inflate with conceit or pride.
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| definition 5: |
to make (hair, the sleeve of a garment, or the like) fuller.
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| related words: |
belly, exhale, inflate, plump, swell, waft |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to breathe rapidly and with great force; pant.
The runner was puffing after the first mile.- similar words:
- pant
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| definition 2: |
to blow or release short gusts of air, smoke, or the like.
- similar words:
- gust
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| definition 3: |
to inhale smoke from a cigarette, cigar, or pipe.
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| definition 4: |
to become swollen or inflated; swell.
His bruised eye puffed up.- similar words:
- bloat, bosom
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| related words: |
blow, exhale, mushroom, pouch, pull, rise, swell, waft |
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| phrase: |
puff up |
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