puffed

/pʌft/

adj 5

Collocations

ADJ.

all, arm-chair, deep, golden, living

VERB + PUFFED

dress, face, huffed, worth

PUFFED + NOUN

anne, chest, cigar, himself, sleeves

PREP.

into, on, out, up, with, without

ADV.

complacently

Definitions

adj

Inflated or swollen.

Gathered up into rounded ridges.

The dress had puffed sleeves.

Expanded by the use of steam.

Consisting of a puff; exhaled or produced in puffs.

the puffed smoke of a cigar

adj

Synonym of puffed out (“panting from exercise”).

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — gathered for protruding fullness

puff

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

The dress had puffed sleeves.

Wiktionary

the puffed smoke of a cigar

Wiktionary

The man puffed smoke into her face.

Tatoeba · #45265

And so the Big Bad Wolf huffed, and he puffed, and he blew down the tag that demanded a native check.

Tatoeba · #913622

Pour the batter into the prepared soufflé dish and bake it for 25 to 30 minutes, or until the soufflé is puffed and deep golden brown. Serve immediately.

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Tom puffed on his pipe.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, puffed is marked as colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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