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English verb: puff up | |||
| 1. | puff up (change) make larger or distend | ||
| Samples | The estimates were puffed up. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | amplify, blow up, expand, inflate | ||
| 2. | puff up (change) to swell or cause to enlarge, | ||
| Samples | Her faced puffed up from the drugs. Puffed out chests. | ||
| Examples | Did his feet puff up? | ||
| Synonyms | blow up, puff, puff out | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | intumesce, swell, swell up, tumefy, tumesce | ||
| 3. | puff up (social) become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger | ||
| Samples | The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son. | ||
| Synonyms | swell | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | act, behave, do | ||
| 4. | puff up (communication) praise extravagantly | ||
| Samples | The critics puffed up this Broadway production. | ||
| Synonyms | puff | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | praise | ||
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