"puffed" in the verb sense
1. puff, whiff
smoke and exhale strongly
"puff a cigar"
"whiff a pipe"
2. puff, drag, draw
suck in or take (air
"draw a deep breath"
"draw on a cigarette"
3. pant, puff, gasp, heave
breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
"The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily"
4. puff
make proud or conceited
"The sudden fame puffed her ego"
5. puff, puff up
praise extravagantly
"The critics puffed up this Broadway production"
6. puff
speak in a blustering or scornful manner
"A puffing kind of man"
7. puff, puff up, blow up, puff out
to swell or cause to enlarge
"Her faced puffed up from the drugs"
"puffed out chests"
8. puff, huff, chuff
blow hard and loudly
"he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain"
"puffed" in the adjective sense
1. puff, puffed
gathered for protruding fullness
"puff sleeves"
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