Puffing
nnoun.actblowing tobacco smoke out into the airExamples:- they smoked up the room with their ceaseless puffing
Derivationally Related Form:puff
Hypernyms:smoke smoking
Inherited Hypernyms:puffingsmokebreathingbodily processorganic processprocessphysical entityentity
nnoun.actan act of forcible exhalationSynset:huffing snorting
Derivationally Related Form:snortpuffhuff
Hypernyms:breathing out exhalation expiration
Inherited Hypernyms:puffingexhalationbreathbodily processorganic processprocessphysical entityentity
vverb.consumptionsmoke and exhale stronglySynset:puff whiff
Derivationally Related Form:puffpuffing
Hypernyms:smoke
Inherited Hypernyms:puffsmokeuseconsume
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.consumptionsuck in or take (air)Synset:drag draw puff
Examples:- draw a deep breath
- draw on a cigarette
Derivationally Related Form:dragpuff
Hypernyms:breathe in inhale inspire
Inherited Hypernyms:puffinhalebreathe
Entailment:smoke
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP
vverb.bodybreathe noisily, as when one is exhaustedSynset:gasp heave pant puff
Examples:- The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily
Derivationally Related Form:heavinggasppuffpantpantingpuffing
Hypernyms:blow
Inherited Hypernyms:pantblowexhalebreathe
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s
vverb.emotionmake proud or conceitedExamples:- The sudden fame puffed her ego
Hypernyms:elate intoxicate lift up pick up uplift
Inherited Hypernyms:puffelatestimulatearousemake
Sentence Frame:Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.communicationpraise extravagantlySynset:puff puff up
Examples:- The critics puffed up this Broadway production
Derivationally Related Form:puff
Hypernyms:praise
Inherited Hypernyms:puffpraisemeasureevaluatethink
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.communicationspeak in a blustering or scornful mannerHypernyms:blow bluster boast brag gas gasconade shoot a line swash tout vaunt
Inherited Hypernyms:puffboastoverstatemisinforminformcommunicateinteractact
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s
vverb.changeto swell or cause to enlargeSynset:blow up puff puff out puff up
Examples:- Her faced puffed up from the drugs
- puffed out chests
Derivationally Related Form:puffer
Hypernyms:intumesce swell swell up tumefy tumesce
Inherited Hypernyms:puffswellexpandgrowincreasechange magnitudechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s | Somebody ---s | Something ---s something | Did his feet ---? (apply to: puff out, puff up, puff, blow up)
vverb.bodyblow hard and loudlySynset:chuff huff puff
Examples:- he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain
Derivationally Related Form:huffingpuffpuffing
Hypernyms:blow
Inherited Hypernyms:puffblowexhalebreathe
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s