Puffed

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Puff \Puff\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Puffed} (p[u^]ft); p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Puffing}.] [Akin to G. puffen to pop, buffet, puff,
     D. poffen to pop, puffen to blow, Sw. puffa to push, to cuff,
     Dan. puffe to pop, thump. See {Puff}, n.]
     1. To blow in puffs, or with short and sudden whiffs.
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     2. To blow, as an expression of scorn; -- with at.
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              It is really to defy Heaven to puff at damnation.
                                                    --South.
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     3. To breathe quick and hard, or with puffs, as after violent
        exertion.
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              The ass comes back again, puffing and blowing, from
              the chase.                            --L' Estrange.
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     4. To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated. --Boyle.
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     5. To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner;
        hence, to assume importance.
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              Then came brave Glory puffing by.     --Herbert.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  puffed
       adj 1: abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry
              children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly
              distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy)
              lids"; "swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy
              tumid flesh" [syn: {bloated}, {distended}, {puffy}, {swollen},
               {tumescent}, {tumid}, {turgid}]
       2: gathered for protruding fullness; "puff sleeves" [syn: {puff}]