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puffed.

Inflated or swollen.

6 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/pʌft/
  1. Inflated or swollen.

  2. Gathered up into rounded ridges.

    The dress had puffed sleeves.
  3. Expanded by the use of steam.

  4. Consisting of a puff; exhaled or produced in puffs.

    the puffed smoke of a cigar
Where this word comes from

From puff + -ed.

adj/pʌft/
  1. Synonym of puffed out (“panting from exercise”).

    colloquial
Where this word comes from

Shortened from puffed out.

verb/pʌft/
  1. simple past and past participle of puff

    form-of · participle · past
Where this word comes from

From puff + -ed.

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