Puff (Verb)
Meaning 1
Speak in a blustering or scornful manner; "A puffing kind of man".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 2
Breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily".
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Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
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Meaning 3
Suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette".
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Verbs of eating and drinking.
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Meaning 4
Make proud or conceited; "The sudden fame puffed her ego".
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Verbs of feeling.
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Meaning 5
Praise extravagantly; "The critics puffed up this Broadway production".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 6
To swell or cause to enlarge; "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"; "puffed out chests".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 7
Smoke and exhale strongly; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe".
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Verbs of eating and drinking.
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Meaning 8
Blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain".
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Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.