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puffed |
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 puffed puffed rice puffed wheat 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 adj puffed The adj puffed has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) bloated, distended, puffed, puffy, swollen, tumescent, tumid, turgid -- (abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids"; "swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy tumid flesh") 2. puff, puffed -- (gathered for protruding fullness; "puff sleeves") Antonyms of adj puffed 2 senses of puffed Sense 1 bloated, distended, puffed, puffy, swollen, tumescent, tumid, turgid INDIRECT (VIA unhealthy) -> healthy Sense 2 puff, puffed INDIRECT (VIA fancy) -> plain Similarity of adj puffed 2 senses of puffed Sense 1 bloated, distended, puffed, puffy, swollen, tumescent, tumid, turgid => unhealthy (vs. healthy) Sense 2 puff, puffed => fancy (vs. plain) Attributes of adj puffed Familiarity of adj puffed puffed used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj puffed puffed 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 adj puffed The adj puffed has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) bloated, distended, puffed, puffy, swollen, tumescent, tumid, turgid -- (abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids"; "swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy tumid flesh") 2. puff, puffed -- (gathered for protruding fullness; "puff sleeves")
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