puffed
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʌft/
Etymology 1
puff + -ed
Verb
puffed
- simple past tense and past participle of puff
Adjective
puffed (comparative more puffed, superlative most puffed)
- Inflated or swollen.
- Consisting of a puff. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- Gathered up into rounded ridges.
- The dress had puffed sleeves.
- (of cereals) Expanded by the use of steam.
Etymology 2
Shortened from puffed out.
Adjective
puffed (comparative more puffed, superlative most puffed)
- (informal) Synonym of puffed out (panting from exercise)
Anagrams
- depuff