Pronunciations
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/pʌft/
Adjective
Inflated or swollen.
Gathered up into rounded ridges.
- Examples
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The dress had puffed sleeves.
Expanded by the use of steam.
Usage- of cereals
Consisting of a puff; exhaled or produced in puffs.
- Examples
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the puffed smoke of a cigar
Adjective
Synonym of puffed out (“panting from exercise”).
Usage- Colloquial
Adjective
gathered for protruding fullness
- Synonyms
- Examples
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puff sleeves