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PUFFED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Gathered for protruding fullness
Example:
puff sleeves
Synonyms:
puff; puffed
Classified under:
Similar:
fancy (not plain; decorative or ornamented)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb puff
Context examples:
He sat in the armchair with the light shining upon his broad bald head, while he puffed sedately at his cigar.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The tears were running down his puffed and discoloured cheeks, and his face was drawn with pain. A savage expression flitted across it.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
In an instant his strange headgear began to move, and there reared itself from among his hair the squat diamond-shaped head and puffed neck of a loathsome serpent.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
