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puffs |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb puff Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb puff Entailment of verb puff 1 of 8 senses of puff Sense 2 puff, drag, draw => smoke Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb puff 8 senses of puff Sense 1 puff, whiff => smoke Sense 2 puff, drag, draw => inhale, breathe in Sense 3 pant, puff, gasp, heave => blow Sense 4 puff => elate, lift up uplift, pick up intoxicate Sense 5 puff, puff up => praise Sense 6 puff => boast, tout, swash, shoot a line brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade Sense 7 puff, puff up blow up puff out => swell, swell up intumesce, tumefy Sense 8 puff, huff, chuff => blow Familiarity of verb puff puff used as a verb is common (polysemy count = 8) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb puff Sense 1 puff, whiff => smoke -------------- Sense 2 puff, drag, draw => inhale, breathe in -------------- Sense 3 pant, puff, gasp, heave => blow -------------- Sense 4 puff => elate, lift up uplift, pick up intoxicate -------------- Sense 5 puff, puff up => praise -------------- Sense 6 puff => boast, tout, swash, shoot a line brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade -------------- Sense 7 puff, puff up blow up puff out => swell, swell up intumesce, tumefy -------------- Sense 8 puff, huff, chuff => blow -------------- Grep of noun puff cream puff powderpuff puff puff adder puff batter puff of air puff paste puffball puffbird puffed rice puffed wheat puffer puffin puffiness puffing puffinus puffinus puffinus Overview of noun puff The noun puff has 7 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. puff, puff of air, whiff -- (a short light gust of air) 2. puff -- (a light inflated pastry or puff shell) 3. puff -- (exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)) 4. quilt, comforter, puff -- (bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together) 5. powderpuff, puff -- (a fluffy pad for applying powder to the skin) 6. 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. 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") Overview of verb puff The verb puff has 8 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (2) puff, whiff -- (smoke and exhale strongly; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe") 2. (1) puff, drag, draw -- (suck in or take as of air; "draw a deep breath"; draw on a cigarette") 3. (1) 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") 8. puff, huff, chuff -- (blow hard and loudly) Overview of noun puff The noun puff has 7 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. puff, puff of air, whiff -- (a short light gust of air) 2. puff -- (a light inflated pastry or puff shell) 3. puff -- (exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)) 4. quilt, comforter, puff -- (bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together) 5. powderpuff, puff -- (a fluffy pad for applying powder to the skin) 6. 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. 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") Overview of verb puff The verb puff has 8 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (2) puff, whiff -- (smoke and exhale strongly; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe") 2. (1) puff, drag, draw -- (suck in or take as of air; "draw a deep breath"; draw on a cigarette") 3. (1) 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") 8. puff, huff, chuff -- (blow hard and loudly)
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