"puff up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: puffs up [present, singular, third-person], puffing up [participle, present], puffed up [participle, past], puffed up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} puff up (third-person singular simple present puffs up, present participle puffing up, simple past and past participle puffed up)
  1. (transitive) To inflate with air. Tags: transitive Translations (to inflate with air): φυσιόω (phusióō) (Ancient Greek), täyttää (Finnish), puhaltaa (Finnish), gonfler (French), aufblasen (German), sufflo (Latin), надува́ть (naduvátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), наду́ть (nadútʹ) [perfective] (Russian), inflar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-puff_up-en-verb-fq4i5eat Disambiguation of 'to inflate with air': 95 3 1 2
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To fluff up, such as an animal raising its fur or feathers to appear larger or conserve body heat. Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Emotions Derived forms: puffed up
    Sense id: en-puff_up-en-verb-90Zg8ERX Disambiguation of Emotions: 0 55 2 44 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 78 6 7 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 7 72 9 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 80 7 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 76 8 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 84 6 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 16 54 13 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 9 70 11 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 6 71 9 14 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 9 69 10 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 7 71 11 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 7 75 9 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 6 68 10 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 5 59 11 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 7 75 9 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 6 67 10 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 8 74 9 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 6 68 10 16
  3. (intransitive) To swell due to injury or illness. Tags: intransitive Translations (to swell due to injury): opzwellen (Dutch), turvota (Finnish), enfler (French), anschwellen (German), شیشمك (şişmek) (Ottoman Turkish), قبارمق (kabarmak) (Ottoman Turkish), раздува́ться (razduvátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), разду́ться (razdútʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), распуха́ть (raspuxátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), распу́хнуть (raspúxnutʹ) [perfective] (Russian), hincharse (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-puff_up-en-verb-ynBDEZ0u Disambiguation of 'to swell due to injury': 1 3 93 2
  4. (figurative, intransitive) To become proud. (Often written as puffed up with pride.) Tags: figuratively, intransitive Translations (to become fluffy): pluizen (Dutch), pöyhistyä (Finnish), pörhistyä (Finnish), plustern (German), aufplustern (German), whakakenakena (english: refers to feathers of a bird) (Maori), надува́ться (naduvátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), наду́ться (nadútʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), нахо́хливаться (naxóxlivatʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), нахо́хлиться (naxóxlitʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), kabarmak (Turkish) Translations (to become proud): τυφόω (tuphóō) (Ancient Greek), paisua ylpeydestä (Finnish), röyhistää (Finnish), надува́ться (naduvátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), наду́ться (nadútʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), sèid (Scottish Gaelic), hincharse (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-puff_up-en-verb-Zd5mcVZ5 Disambiguation of 'to become fluffy': 3 18 18 62 Disambiguation of 'to become proud': 1 4 1 94

Inflected forms

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    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become proud. (Often written as puffed up with pride.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "proud",
          "proud"
        ],
        [
          "puffed up",
          "puffed up"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative, intransitive) To become proud. (Often written as puffed up with pride.)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to inflate with air",
      "word": "täyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to inflate with air",
      "word": "puhaltaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to inflate with air",
      "word": "gonfler"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to inflate with air",
      "word": "aufblasen"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "phusióō",
      "sense": "to inflate with air",
      "word": "φυσιόω"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to inflate with air",
      "word": "sufflo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naduvátʹ",
      "sense": "to inflate with air",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "надува́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nadútʹ",
      "sense": "to inflate with air",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "наду́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to inflate with air",
      "word": "inflar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to become fluffy",
      "word": "pluizen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to become fluffy",
      "word": "pöyhistyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to become fluffy",
      "word": "pörhistyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to become fluffy",
      "word": "plustern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to become fluffy",
      "word": "aufplustern"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "english": "refers to feathers of a bird",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to become fluffy",
      "word": "whakakenakena"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naduvátʹsja",
      "sense": "to become fluffy",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "надува́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nadútʹsja",
      "sense": "to become fluffy",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "наду́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naxóxlivatʹsja",
      "sense": "to become fluffy",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "нахо́хливаться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naxóxlitʹsja",
      "sense": "to become fluffy",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "нахо́хлиться"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to become fluffy",
      "word": "kabarmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to swell due to injury",
      "word": "opzwellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to swell due to injury",
      "word": "turvota"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to swell due to injury",
      "word": "enfler"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to swell due to injury",
      "word": "anschwellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "şişmek",
      "sense": "to swell due to injury",
      "word": "شیشمك"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "kabarmak",
      "sense": "to swell due to injury",
      "word": "قبارمق"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razduvátʹsja",
      "sense": "to swell due to injury",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "раздува́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razdútʹsja",
      "sense": "to swell due to injury",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "разду́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "raspuxátʹ",
      "sense": "to swell due to injury",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "распуха́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "raspúxnutʹ",
      "sense": "to swell due to injury",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "распу́хнуть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to swell due to injury",
      "word": "hincharse"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to become proud",
      "word": "paisua ylpeydestä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to become proud",
      "word": "röyhistää"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "tuphóō",
      "sense": "to become proud",
      "word": "τυφόω"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naduvátʹsja",
      "sense": "to become proud",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "надува́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nadútʹsja",
      "sense": "to become proud",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "наду́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to become proud",
      "word": "sèid"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to become proud",
      "word": "hincharse"
    }
  ],
  "word": "puff up"
}

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