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PUFF OUT
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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?
