Search Result for "puff_up":
Wordnet 3.0

VERB (4)

1. make larger or distend;
- Example: "The estimates were puffed up"

2. to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs";
- Example: "puffed out chests"
[syn: puff, puff up, blow up, puff out]

3. become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger;
- Example: "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son"
[syn: swell, puff up]

4. praise extravagantly;
- Example: "The critics puffed up this Broadway production"
[syn: puff, puff up]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

puff up
    v 1: make larger or distend; "The estimates were puffed up"
    2: to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the
       drugs"; "puffed out chests" [syn: puff, puff up, blow
       up, puff out]
    3: become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger; "The mother
       was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son" [syn:
       swell, puff up]
    4: praise extravagantly; "The critics puffed up this Broadway
       production" [syn: puff, puff up]