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PUFF OUT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

To swell or cause to enlarge

Example:

puffed out chests

Synonyms:

blow up; puff; puff out; puff up

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "puff out" is one way to...):

intumesce; swell; swell up; tumefy; tumesce (expand abnormally)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

Did his feet puff out?

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