PUFF OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does puff out mean? 

• PUFF OUT (verb)
  The verb PUFF OUT has 1 sense:

1. to swell or cause to enlarge

  Familiarity information: PUFF OUT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUFF OUT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

To swell or cause to enlarge

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

blow up; puff; puff out; puff up

Context example:

puffed out chests

Hypernyms (to "puff out" is one way to...):

intumesce; swell; swell up; tumefy; tumesce (expand abnormally)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

Did his feet puff out?

 Context examples 

Don’t heat up a relationship too fast because it is likely to puff up and then puff out just as quickly.

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