- puff, puffed - gathered for protruding fullness; "puff sleeves"
Antonym: plain (indirect, via fancy)
- puff, puff of air, whiff - a short light gust of air
--1 is a kind of gust, blast, blow
- puff - a light inflated pastry or puff shell
--2 is a kind of pastry
--2 has particulars: cream puff, chou- puff - exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
--3 is a kind of recommendation, testimonial, good word
Derived form: verb puff5 - quilt, comforter, puff - bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
--4 is a kind of bedclothes, bed clothing, bedding
--4 has particulars:eiderdown, duvet, continental quilt; patchwork, patchwork quilt - powderpuff, puff - a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin
--5 is a kind of pad
- ottoman, pouf, pouffe, puff, hassock - thick cushion used as a seat
--6 is a kind of seat
- puff, drag, pull - 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"
--7 is a kind of inhalation, inspiration, aspiration, breathing in
--7 is a part of smoke, smoking
--7 has particulars: tokeDerived forms: verb puff2, verb puff1 - blow, puff - forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth; "he gave his nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a single puff"
--8 is a kind of exhalation, expiration, breathing out
--8 has particulars: insufflationDerived forms: verb puff8, verb puff3 - puff - exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
- puff, whiff - smoke and exhale strongly; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe"
--1 is one way to smoke
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun puff7, noun puffing1
Somebody ----s something
- puff, drag, draw - suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette"
--2 is one way to inhale, inspire, breathe in
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun puff7
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- pant, puff, gasp, heave - breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily"
--3 is one way to blow
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun puff8, noun puffing2
Somebody ----s
- puff - make proud or conceited; "The sudden fame puffed her ego"
--4 is one way to elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- puff, puff up - praise extravagantly; "The critics puffed up this Broadway production"
--5 is one way to praise
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun puff3
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- puff - speak in a blustering or scornful manner; "A puffing kind of man"
--6 is one way to boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- puff, puff up, blow up, puff out - to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"
--7 is one way to swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun puffer2
Did his feet puff?
- puff, huff, chuff - blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain"
--8 is one way to blow
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun puff8, noun puffing2
Somebody ----s
- puff, puff up - praise extravagantly; "The critics puffed up this Broadway production"