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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Puff \Puff\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Puffed (p[u^]ft); p. pr. &
     vb. n. Puffing.] [Akin to G. puffen to pop, buffet, puff,
     D. poffen to pop, puffen to blow, Sw. puffa to push, to cuff,
     Dan. puffe to pop, thump. See Puff, n.]
     1. To blow in puffs, or with short and sudden whiffs.
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     2. To blow, as an expression of scorn; -- with at.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              It is really to defy Heaven to puff at damnation.
                                                    --South.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To breathe quick and hard, or with puffs, as after violent
        exertion.
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              The ass comes back again, puffing and blowing, from
              the chase.                            --L' Estrange.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated. --Boyle.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner;
        hence, to assume importance.
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              Then came brave Glory puffing by.     --Herbert.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Puff \Puff\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Puffed (p[u^]ft); p. pr. &
     vb. n. Puffing.] [Akin to G. puffen to pop, buffet, puff,
     D. poffen to pop, puffen to blow, Sw. puffa to push, to cuff,
     Dan. puffe to pop, thump. See Puff, n.]
     1. To blow in puffs, or with short and sudden whiffs.
  
     2. To blow, as an expression of scorn; -- with at.
  
              It is really to defy Heaven to puff at damnation.
                                                    --South.
  
     3. To breathe quick and hard, or with puffs, as after violent
        exertion.
  
              The ass comes back again, puffing and blowing, from
              the chase.                            --L' Estrange.
  
     4. To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated. --Boyle.
  
     5. To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner;
        hence, to assume importance.
  
              Then came brave Glory puffing by.     --Herbert.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  puffed
       adj 1: abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry
              children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly
              distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy)
              lids"; "swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy
              tumid flesh" [syn: bloated, distended, puffy, swollen,
               tumescent, tumid, turgid]
       2: gathered for protruding fullness; "puff sleeves" [syn: puff]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  puffed
     a.
     1 inflated or swollen.
     2 Consisting of a puff. (rfex: en)
     3 Gathered up into rounded ridges.
     4 (lb en of cereals) expand by the use of steam.
     vb.
     (infl of en puff  ed-form)
     a.
     (lb en informal) (synonym of en puffed out) (panting from exercise)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  puffed
     a.
     1 inflated or swollen.
     2 Consisting of a puff. (rfex: en)
     3 Gathered up into rounded ridges.
     4 (lb en of cereals) expand by the use of steam.
     vb.
     (infl of en puff  ed-form)
     a.
     (lb en informal) (synonym of en puffed out) (panting from exercise)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  puffed
     a.
     1 inflated or swollen.
     2 Consisting of a puff. (rfex: en)
     3 Gathered up into rounded ridges.
     4 (lb en of cereals) expand by the use of steam.
     vb.
     (infl of en puff  ed-form)
     a.
     (lb en informal) (synonym of en puffed out) (panting from exercise)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  puffed
     a.
     1 inflated or swollen.
     2 Consisting of a puff. (rfex: en)
     3 Gathered up into rounded ridges.
     4 (lb en of cereals) expand by the use of steam.
     vb.
     (infl of en puff  ed-form)
     a.
     (lb en informal) (synonym of en puffed out) (panting from exercise)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  puffed
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm p uff ed)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Puffed /pˈʌft/
  منتفخ

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  puffed /pˈʌft/ 
  oteklý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  puffed /pˈʌft/ 
  opuchlý

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  puffed /pˈʌft/
  gepafft, gequalmt, geschmökt
     Synonym: puffed away
  
   see: puff, puff away, puffing, puffing away, puffs, puffs away, puffed, puffed away
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  puffed /pˈʌft/
  paffte
     Synonym: puffed away
  
   see: puff, puff away, puffing, puffing away, puffed, puffed away, puffs, puffs away
  

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  puffed /pˈʌft/ 
  1. फूला~हुआ
        "She was puffed after climbing the stairs."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  puffed /pˈʌft/
  ekspandiran

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈpəft/


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