Verb

• S: (v) puff up (make larger or distend) "The estimates were puffed up"
• S: (v) puff, puff up, blow up, puff out (to swell or cause to enlarge) "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"; "puffed out chests"
• S: (v) swell, puff up (become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger) "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son"
• S: (v) puff, puff up (praise extravagantly) "The critics puffed up this Broadway production"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
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