puffed

adj — 5 senses

puffed

adj

/pʌft/

Etymology From puff + -ed.

1

Inflated or swollen.

2

Gathered up into rounded ridges.

  • The dress had puffed sleeves.
3

Of cereals Expanded by the use of steam.

4

Consisting of a puff; exhaled or produced in puffs.

  • the puffed smoke of a cigar
Derived terms
puffed grain, puffed rice, puffed up, puffed wheat

puffed

adj

Etymology Shortened from puffed out.

1

Colloquial Synonym of puffed out (“panting from exercise”).

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