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"etymology_text": "puff + out",
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"(ambitransitive) To inflate."
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"text": "He puffed out a perfect smoke ring.",
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"To blow briefly and lightly."
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"(transitive) To blow briefly and lightly."
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"etymology_text": "puff + out",
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"(ambitransitive) To inflate."
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"(transitive) To blow briefly and lightly."
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"sense": "To inflate",
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"word": "nafouknout"
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"sense": "To inflate",
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"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "To inflate",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "To inflate",
"word": "aufblasen"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "To inflate",
"word": "aufblähen"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "To inflate",
"word": "whakatāmoumou"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "naduvatʹ",
"sense": "To inflate",
"word": "надувать"
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"code": "ota",
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"lang_code": "ota",
"roman": "şişmek",
"sense": "To inflate",
"word": "شیشمك"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"lang_code": "ota",
"roman": "kabarmak",
"sense": "To inflate",
"word": "قبارمق"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "podduvatʹ",
"sense": "To blow briefly and lightly",
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"word": "puff out"
}
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