| ADJECTIVE | all | puff, puffed | gathered for protruding fullness |
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| NOUN | phenomenon | puff, puff of air, whiff | a short light gust of air |
| food | puff | a light inflated pastry or puff shell | |
| communication | puff | exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes) | |
| artifact | puff, quilt, comforter, comfort | bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together | |
| artifact | puff, powderpuff | a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers | |
| artifact | puff, ottoman, pouf, pouffe, hassock | thick cushion used as a seat | |
| act | puff, drag, pull | a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke) | |
| act | puff, blow | forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth | |
| VERB | consumption | puff, whiff | smoke and exhale strongly |
| consumption | puff, drag, draw | suck in or take (air) | |
| body | puff, pant, gasp, heave | breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted | |
| emotion | puff | make proud or conceited | |
| communication | puff, puff up | praise extravagantly | |
| communication | puff | speak in a blustering or scornful manner | |
| change | puff, puff up, blow up, puff out | to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs" | |
| body | puff, huff, chuff | blow hard and loudly |
| Sounds | pah'f | |
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| Rhymes | aleph ... woodruff: 40 rhymes with ahf... | |
| Meaning | Gathered for protruding fullness. | |
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| Example | "puff sleeves" | |
| Synonym | puffed | |
| Broader | fancy | not plain |
| Meaning | A short light gust of air. | |
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| Synonyms | puff of air, whiff | |
| Broader | gust, blast, blow | A strong current of air |
| Adjectives | puffy | blowing in puffs or short intermittent blasts |
| Meaning | A light inflated pastry or puff shell. | |
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| Narrower | cream puff, chou | Puff filled with cream or custard |
| Broader | pastry | Any of various baked foods made of dough or batter |
| Meaning | exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes). | |
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| Broader | recommendation, testimonial, good word | Something that recommends (or expresses commendation of) a person or thing as worthy or desirable |
| Verbs | puff | praise extravagantly |
| Meaning | bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together. | |
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| Synonyms | quilt, comforter, comfort | |
| Narrower | eiderdown, duvet, continental quilt | A soft quilt usually filled with the down / down of the eider |
| patchwork, patchwork quilt | A quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together | |
| Broader | bedclothes, bed clothing, bedding | coverings that are used on a bed |
| Meaning | A soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin. | |
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| Synonym | powderpuff | |
| Broader | pad | A flat mass of soft material used for protection, stuffing, or comfort |
| Meaning | Thick cushion used as a seat. | |
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| Synonyms | ottoman, pouf, pouffe, hassock | |
| Broader | seat | furniture that is designed for sitting on |
| Meaning | A slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke). | |
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| Example | "he took a puff on his pipe" | |
| Synonyms | drag, pull | |
| Part of | smoke, smoking | The act of smoking tobacco or other substances |
| Narrower | toke | A puff of a marijuana or hashish cigarette |
| Broader | inhalation, inspiration, aspiration, intake, breathing in | The act of inhaling |
| Verbs | puff | suck in or take (air) |
| puff | smoke and exhale strongly | |
| Meaning | forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth. | |
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| Example | "he blew out all the candles with a single puff" | |
| Synonym | blow | |
| Narrower | insufflation | An act of blowing / blowing / blowing / blowing / blowing or breathing on or into something |
| Broader | exhalation, expiration, breathing out | The act of expelling air from the lungs |
| Verbs | puff | breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted |
| puff | blow hard and loudly | |
| Meaning | Smoke and exhale strongly. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "puff a cigar" | |
| Synonym | whiff | |
| Broader | smoke | inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes |
| Nouns | puff | a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke) |
| puffing | blowing / blowing tobacco smoke out into the air | |
| Meaning | suck in or take (air). | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | drag, draw | |
| Entails | smoke | inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes |
| Broader | inhale, inspire, breathe in | Draw in (air) |
| Nouns | puff | a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke) |
| Meaning | breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | pant, gasp, heave | |
| Broader | blow | exhale hard |
| Nouns | puff | forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth |
| puffing | an act of forcible exhalation | |
| Meaning | make proud or conceited. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The sudden fame puffed her ego" | |
| Broader | elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate | Fill with high spirits |
| Meaning | praise extravagantly. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The critics puffed up this Broadway production" | |
| Synonym | puff up | |
| Broader | praise | Express approval of |
| Spanish | hinchar | |
| Nouns | puff | exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes) |
| Meaning | speak in a blustering or scornful manner. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "A puffing kind of man" | |
| Broader | boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade | show off |
| Spanish | vacilar | |
| Meaning | To swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs". | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Model | Did his feet puff? | |
| Example | "puffed out chests" | |
| Synonyms | puff up, blow up, puff out | |
| Broader | swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce | Expand abnormally |
| Catalan | inflar | |
| Spanish | hinchar | |
| Nouns | puffer | any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe |
| Meaning | blow hard and loudly. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain" | |
| Synonyms | huff, chuff | |
| Broader | blow | exhale hard |
| Nouns | puff | forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth |
| puffing | an act of forcible exhalation | |