| puff | | |
| n. (phenomenon) | 1. puff, puff of air, whiff | a short light gust of air. |
| ~ gust, blast, blow | a strong current of air.; "the tree was bent almost double by the gust" |
| n. (food) | 2. puff | a light inflated pastry or puff shell. |
| ~ pastry | any of various baked foods made of dough or batter. |
| ~ cream puff, chou | puff filled with cream or custard. |
| n. (communication) | 3. puff | exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes). |
| ~ good word, recommendation, testimonial | something that recommends (or expresses commendation of) a person or thing as worthy or desirable. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. comfort, comforter, puff, quilt | bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together. |
| ~ bed clothing, bedclothes, bedding | coverings that are used on a bed. |
| ~ continental quilt, duvet, eiderdown | a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider. |
| ~ patchwork quilt, patchwork | a quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. powderpuff, puff | a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin. |
| ~ pad | a flat mass of soft material used for protection, stuffing, or comfort. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. hassock, ottoman, pouf, pouffe, puff | thick cushion used as a seat. |
| ~ seat | furniture that is designed for sitting on.; "there were not enough seats for all the guests" |
| n. (act) | 7. drag, puff, 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" |
| ~ smoking, smoke | the act of smoking tobacco or other substances.; "he went outside for a smoke"; "smoking stinks" |
| ~ breathing in, inhalation, intake, aspiration, inspiration | the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing. |
| ~ toke | a puff of a marijuana or hashish cigarette.; "the boys took a few tokes on a joint" |
| n. (act) | 8. 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" |
| ~ breathing out, exhalation, expiration | the act of expelling air from the lungs. |
| ~ insufflation | an act of blowing or breathing on or into something. |
| v. (consumption) | 9. puff, whiff | smoke and exhale strongly.; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe" |
| ~ smoke | inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes.; "We never smoked marijuana"; "Do you smoke?" |
| v. (consumption) | 10. drag, draw, puff | suck in or take (air).; "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette" |
| ~ breathe in, inhale, inspire | draw in (air).; "Inhale deeply"; "inhale the fresh mountain air"; "The patient has trouble inspiring"; "The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well" |
| ~ smoke | inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes.; "We never smoked marijuana"; "Do you smoke?" |
| v. (body) | 11. gasp, heave, pant, puff | breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted.; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily" |
| ~ blow | exhale hard.; "blow on the soup to cool it down" |
| v. (emotion) | 12. puff | make proud or conceited.; "The sudden fame puffed her ego" |
| ~ elate, intoxicate, uplift, lift up, pick up | fill with high spirits; fill with optimism.; "Music can uplift your spirits" |
| v. (communication) | 13. puff, puff up | praise extravagantly.; "The critics puffed up this Broadway production" |
| ~ praise | express approval of.; "The parents praised their children for their academic performance" |
| v. (communication) | 14. puff | speak in a blustering or scornful manner.; "A puffing kind of man" |
| ~ boast, brag, gasconade, shoot a line, vaunt, bluster, gas, tout, swash, blow | show off. |
| v. (change) | 15. blow up, puff, puff out, puff up | to swell or cause to enlarge,.; "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"; "puffed out chests" |
| ~ swell up, tumesce, intumesce, tumefy, swell | expand abnormally.; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling" |
| v. (body) | 16. chuff, huff, puff | blow hard and loudly.; "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain" |
| ~ blow | exhale hard.; "blow on the soup to cool it down" |
| adj. | 17. puff, puffed | gathered for protruding fullness.; "puff sleeves" |
| ~ fancy | not plain; decorative or ornamented.; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes" |
| exhale | | |
| v. (body) | 1. breathe out, exhale, expire | expel air.; "Exhale when you lift the weight" |
| ~ breathe, take a breath, suspire, respire | draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs.; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring" |
| ~ snort | make a snorting sound by exhaling hard.; "The critic snorted contemptuously" |
| ~ blow | exhale hard.; "blow on the soup to cool it down" |
| v. (body) | 2. emanate, exhale, give forth | give out (breath or an odor).; "The chimney exhales a thick smoke" |
| ~ emit, pass off, breathe | expel (gases or odors). |
| give out | | |
| v. (weather) | 1. emit, give off, give out | give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc..; "The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits" |
| ~ effuse | give out or emit (also metaphorically).; "The room effuses happiness" |
| ~ shine, reflect | be bright by reflecting or casting light.; "Drive carefully--the wet road reflects" |
| ~ spark, sparkle | emit or produce sparks.; "A high tension wire, brought down by a storm, can continue to spark" |
| ~ radiate | send out rays or waves.; "The sun radiates heat" |
| ~ scintillate | give off.; "the substance scintillated sparks and flashes" |
| ~ fume, smoke | emit a cloud of fine particles.; "The chimney was fuming" |
| ~ reek | give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc..; "Marshes reeking in the sun" |
| ~ shoot | emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully.; "The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth" |
| ~ ray | emit as rays.; "That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky" |
| ~ steam | emit steam.; "The rain forest was literally steaming" |
| v. (possession) | 2. distribute, give out, hand out, pass out | give to several people.; "The teacher handed out the exams" |
| ~ gift, present, give | give as a present; make a gift of.; "What will you give her for her birthday?" |
| ~ divvy up, portion out, apportion, share, deal | give out as one's portion or share. |
| v. (change) | 3. fail, give out, run out | prove insufficient.; "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought" |
| v. (change) | 4. break, break down, conk out, die, fail, give out, give way, go, go bad | stop operating or functioning.; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ break | render inoperable or ineffective.; "You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!" |
| ~ buy the farm, cash in one's chips, croak, decease, die, drop dead, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, snuff it, expire, pop off, conk, exit, choke, go, pass | pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life.; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" |
| ~ go down, crash | stop operating.; "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week" |
| ~ blow out, burn out, blow | melt, break, or become otherwise unusable.; "The lightbulbs blew out"; "The fuse blew" |
| ~ misfire | fail to fire or detonate.; "The guns misfired" |
| ~ malfunction, misfunction | fail to function or function improperly.; "the coffee maker malfunctioned" |
| spew | | |
| v. (body) | 1. ptyalise, ptyalize, spew, spit, spue | expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth.; "The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer" |
| ~ cough out, cough up, expectorate, spit up, spit out | discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth. |
| v. (body) | 2. eruct, spew, spew out | eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical.; "the volcano spews out molten rocks every day"; "The editors of the paper spew out hostile articles about the Presidential candidate" |
| ~ eject, expel, exhaust, release, discharge | eliminate (a substance).; "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas" |
| v. (body) | 3. barf, be sick, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up | eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth.; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" |
| ~ egest, excrete, eliminate, pass | eliminate from the body.; "Pass a kidney stone" |
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