puff up
Verb
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Verb
puff up
- (transitive) To inflate with air.
- We puffed up the balloons.
- (transitive, intransitive) To fluff up, such as an animal raising its fur or feathers to appear larger or conserve body heat.
- Small birds puff up while sleeping to keep warm.
- The angry cat hissed and puffed up its fur.
- (intransitive) To swell due to injury or illness.
- My hand puffed up where the cat had scratched me.
- (figurative, intransitive) To become proud. (Often written as puffed up with pride.)
- German: plustern, aufplustern
- French: enfler
- German: anschwellen
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