English verb: puff out | |||
1. | puff out (change) to swell or cause to enlarge, | ||
Samples | Her faced puffed up from the drugs. Puffed out chests. | ||
Examples | Did his feet puff out? | ||
Synonyms | blow up, puff, puff up | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | intumesce, swell, swell up, tumefy, tumesce | ||