1
[ verb ] make larger or distend

Examples

"The estimates were puffed up"

Used in print

(David Boroff, "Jewish Teen-Age Culture"...)

It is interesting that , although the percentage of married students is not appreciably higher at Brooklyn than elsewhere - about 30 per_cent of the women and 25 per_cent of the men in the graduating_class - the anxiety of the unmarried has puffed_up the estimate .

Related terms

inflate

2
[ verb ] to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"

Synonyms

puff_out blow_up puff

Used in print

(Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)

After walking out to his corral that morning , he 'd been amazed to see the dust puff_up in_front of his feet .

Related terms

swell puffer

3
[ verb ] become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger

Synonyms

swell

Examples

"The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son"

Related terms

act

4
[ verb ] praise extravagantly

Synonyms

puff

Examples

"The critics puffed up this Broadway production"

Related terms

praise puff

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