puff
Noun
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A short light gust of air (synset 111518288)
same as: puff of air, whiff
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A light inflated pastry or puff shell (synset 107644079)
is a type of: pastry - any of various baked foods made of dough or battersubtypes: chou, cream puff - puff filled with cream or custard
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Exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes) (synset 106707855)
is a type of: good word, recommendation, testimonial - something that recommends (or expresses commendation of) a person or thing as worthy or desirable
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Bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together (synset 104040471)
subtypes:
- continental quilt, duvet, eiderdown - a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider
- patchwork, patchwork quilt - a quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together
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A soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers;
For applying powder to the skin (synset 104001232)is a type of: pad - a flat mass of soft material used for protection, stuffing, or comfortsame as: powderpuff -
Thick cushion used as a seat (synset 103863938)
is a type of: seat - furniture that is designed for sitting on
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A slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke) (synset 100839336)
"he took a puff on his pipe"; "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly"is a type of: aspiration, breathing in, inhalation, inspiration, intake - the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathingsubtypes: toke - a puff of a marijuana or hashish cigarette
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Forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth (synset 100837162)
"he gave his nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a single puff"subtypes: insufflation - an act of blowing or breathing on or into somethingsame as: blow
Adjective
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Gathered for protruding fullness (synset 301801245)
"puff sleeves"similar to: fancy - not plain; decorative or ornamentedsame as: puffed
Verb
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Smoke and exhale strongly (synset 201201254)
"puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe"is a type of: smoke - inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipessame as: whiff
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Suck in or take (air) (synset 201201647)
"draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette"entail: smoke - inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes
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Breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted (synset 200005526)
"The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily"is a type of: blow - exhale hard
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Make proud or conceited (synset 201816164)
"The sudden fame puffed her ego"is a type of: elate, intoxicate, lift up, pick up, uplift - fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
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Praise extravagantly (synset 201067294)
"The critics puffed up this Broadway production"is a type of: praise - express approval ofsame as: puff up
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Speak in a blustering or scornful manner (synset 200798965)
"A puffing kind of man"
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To swell or cause to enlarge (synset 200264568)
"Her faced puffed up from the drugs"; "puffed out chests"
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Blow hard and loudly (synset 200006802)
"he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain"is a type of: blow - exhale hard
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- Verbs of eating and drinking
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- Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
- Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
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