Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
puffed
IPA transcription: [p'ʌft]
adverb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
puff, puffed
Meaning:
gathered for protruding fullness; "puff sleeves"
Usage examples
She was old and badly puffed out.
"I guess that's got him puffed up some."
Now I see your scheme of universal peace quite puffed away!'
You will see, we shall not forget it!" he puffed as he rose with beads of perspiration on his brow.
He puffed slowly at his pipe and slid a piece from the center toward the sector of the board nearest him.
Even so far away as he was Phelan could see that the man puffed and blew and that his vigor was slowly waning.
He selected a cigarette and lit it, and for a few minutes puffed in silence, his thoughtful eyes fixed upon Milburgh.
The mountaineer puffed hard at his pipe for a while, then said gruffly, "Seems that way, Mister, to them that don't know.
It opens its shells, then shuts them rapidly; and, each time this happens, a cloud of young Oysters is puffed out like smoke.
Behold, O God, they cry unto thee with their mouths, while they are puffed up, even to greatness, with the vain things of the world.