"puff out" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: puffs out [present, singular, third-person], puffing out [participle, present], puffed out [participle, past], puffed out [past]
Etymology: puff + out Etymology templates: {{m|en|puff}} puff, {{m|en|out}} out Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} puff out (third-person singular simple present puffs out, present participle puffing out, simple past and past participle puffed out)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To inflate. Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations (To inflate): nafouknout [perfective] (Czech), nadout [perfective] (Czech), nadouvat [imperfective] (Czech), dmout [imperfective] (Czech), nadmout [perfective] (Czech), aufblasen (German), aufblähen (German), whakatāmoumou (Maori), شیشمك (şişmek) (Ottoman Turkish), قبارمق (kabarmak) (Ottoman Turkish), надувать (naduvatʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-puff_out-en-verb-zcrG1dYp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (out) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 45 41 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 36 32 33 Disambiguation of 'To inflate': 97 0 3
  2. (transitive) To blow briefly and lightly. Tags: transitive Translations (To blow briefly and lightly): поддувать (podduvatʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-puff_out-en-verb-Ayt8c3qy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (out) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 45 41 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 36 32 33 Disambiguation of 'To blow briefly and lightly': 0 99 1
  3. (transitive, intransitive) To emit puffs of smoke or exhaust Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-puff_out-en-verb-MGqeaN92 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (out) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 45 41 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 36 32 33

Inflected forms

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