puff (v)
puff up#1 (v)
blow up#2 (v)
puff out (v)

v00263682

type v
lex_filenum 30
def to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"
examples puffed out chests
Frame - 1 Something ----s
Frame - 2 Somebody ----s
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Frame - 11 Something ----s something
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Hypernym swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce
Derivationally related form puff → puffer
Incoming links
Derivationally related form puffer → puff
Hyponym swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce

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