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Adjective puff has 1 sense

puff, puffed - gathered for protruding fullness; "puff sleeves"
Antonym: plain (indirect, via fancy)

Noun puff has 8 senses

puff, puff of air, whiff - a short light gust of air
--₁ is a kind of gust, blast, blow
puff - a light inflated pastry or puff shell
--₂ is a kind of pastry
--₂ has particulars: cream puff, chou
puff - exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)
--₃ is a kind of recommendation, testimonial, good word

Derived form: verb puff₅
quilt, comforter, puff - bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
--₄ is a kind of bedclothes, bed clothing, bedding
--₄ has particulars:
eiderdown, duvet, continental quilt; patchwork, patchwork quilt
powderpuff, puff - a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin
--₅ is a kind of pad
ottoman, pouf, pouffe, puff, hassock - thick cushion used as a seat
--₆ is a kind of seat
puff, drag, pull - a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke); "he took a puff on his pipe"; "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly"
--₇ is a kind of inhalation, inspiration, aspiration, breathing in
--₇ is a part of smoke, smoking
--₇ has particulars: toke
Derived forms: verb puff₂, verb puff₁
blow, puff - forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth; "he gave his nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a single puff"
--₈ is a kind of exhalation, expiration, breathing out
--₈ has particulars: insufflation
Derived forms: verb puff₈, verb puff₃

Verb puff has 8 senses

puff, whiff - smoke and exhale strongly; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe"
--₁ is one way to smoke

Derived forms: noun puff₇, noun puffing₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
puff, drag, draw - suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette"
--₂ is one way to inhale, inspire, breathe in

Derived form: noun puff₇
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
pant, puff, gasp, heave - breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily"
--₃ is one way to blow

Derived forms: noun puff₈, noun puffing₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
puff - make proud or conceited; "The sudden fame puffed her ego"
--₄ is one way to elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
puff, puff up - praise extravagantly; "The critics puffed up this Broadway production"
--₅ is one way to praise

Derived form: noun puff₃
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
puff - speak in a blustering or scornful manner; "A puffing kind of man"
--₆ is one way to boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
puff, puff up, blow up, puff out - to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"
--₇ is one way to swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce

Derived form: noun puffer₂
Sample sentence:
Did his feet puff?
puff, huff, chuff - blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain"
--₈ is one way to blow

Derived forms: noun puff₈, noun puffing₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s