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  Words related to puff up

Related / Similar Words: puff, blow up, puff out, swell

 

Definition:
  • to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs";
  • make larger or distend; "The estimates were puffed up";
  • praise extravagantly; "The critics puffed up this Broadway production";
  • become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger; "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son";

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    Derivational Morphology: puffer, blowfish, globefish, puff

     
     
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