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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 |
adjective + (n.)puff
afro, cream, crisp, cute, delicate, faint, flaky, frozen, little, occasional, pink, playful, quick, silly, thin, tiny, white
verb + (n.)puff
bake, breathe, disappear, emit, exhale, huff, package, resemble, shock, swirl, vanish
(n.)puff
+ verb
blow, brush, burst, comb, drift, expel, fill, float, leap, rise, smoke, stuff, testify, thaw, top, tuck
noun + (n.)puff
apple,
auditorium,
beef,
cabbage,
cheese,
cocoa,
cream,
dandelion,
dessert,
flame,
huff,
ingredient,
jelly,
nostril,
package,
potato,
powder,
sauce,
shrimp,
sip,
spinach
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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 |
adverb + (v.)puff
forth
(v.)puff
+ adverb
along, away, deeply, furiously, gently, hard, meditatively, nervously, occasionally, out, slightly, slowly
(v.)puff
+ noun
air,
balloon,
bread,
breast,
camel,
cap,
cheek,
cheroot,
chest,
chimney,
chocolate,
cigar,
cigarette,
cloud,
daddy,
dragon,
exertion,
fur,
grandma,
layer,
lip,
minute,
pastry,
pillow,
pipe,
plume,
pride,
sail,
smoke,
steam,
stogie,
wind
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| phrase: |
puff up |
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