adj, verb, slang ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of puff form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Inflated or swollen.
2. 2
   Synonym of puffed out (“panting from exercise”). colloquial
3. 3
   Gathered up into rounded ridges.

   "The dress had puffed sleeves."

4. 4
   Expanded by the use of steam.
5. 5
   Consisting of a puff; exhaled or produced in puffs.

   "the puffed smoke of a cigar"

Adjective

1. 1
   gathered for protruding fullness wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

aggrandizedamplifiedbeatenblebbyblisteredblistering

Example

More examples

"The man puffed smoke into her face."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From puff + -ed.

Etymology 2

Shortened from puffed out.

Related phrases

puffed grainpuffed ricepuffed uppuffed wheat

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