Definition of puff

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Puff (v. t.) To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, or the like; -- often with up..

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Blow :: Blow (v. i.) To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
Cat''s-paw :: Cat's-paw (n.) A light transitory air which ruffles the surface of the water during a calm, or the ripples made by such a puff of air..
Vol-au-vent :: Vol-au-vent (n.) A light puff paste, with a raised border, filled, after baking, usually with a ragout of fowl, game, or fish..
Efflate :: Efflate (v. t.) To fill with breath; to puff up.
Sea Pad :: Sea pad () The puffin.
Shearwater :: Shearwater (n.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged oceanic birds of the genus Puffinus and related genera. They are allied to the petrels, but are larger. The Manx shearwater (P. Anglorum), the dusky shearwater (P. obscurus), and the greater shearwater (P. major), are well-known species of the North Atlantic. See Hagdon..
Rise :: Rise (v.) To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light, as dough, and the like..
Flatus :: Flatus (n.) A breath; a puff of wind.
Fungus :: Fungus (n.) Any one of the Fungi, a large and very complex group of thallophytes of low organization, -- the molds, mildews, rusts, smuts, mushrooms, toadstools, puff balls, and the allies of each..
Vain :: Vain (superl.) Proud of petty things, or of trifling attainments; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason; conceited; puffed up; inflated..
Whiffet :: Whiffet (n.) A little whiff or puff.
Puffery :: Puffery (n.) The act of puffing; bestowment of extravagant commendation.
Puff :: Puff (v. t.) To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate; to ruffle with puffs; -- often with up; as, a bladder puffed with air..
Adder :: Adder (n.) A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera. The common European adder is the Vipera (/ Pelias) berus. The puff adders of Africa are species of Clotho.
Smoke :: Smoke (v. t.) To inhale and puff out the smoke of, as tobacco; to burn or use in smoking; as, to smoke a pipe or a cigar..
Willock :: Willock (n.) The puffin.
Puffed :: Puffed (imp. & p. p.) of Puf.
Whiff :: Whiff (v. t.) To throw out in whiffs; to consume in whiffs; to puff.
Pluff :: Pluff (n.) A puff, as of smoke from a pipe, or of dust from a puffball; a slight explosion, as of a small quantity of gunpowder..
Puff :: Puff (n.) Anything light and filled with air.
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