"puffed" meaning in English

See puffed in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /pʌft/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-puffed.wav Forms: more puffed [comparative], most puffed [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʌft Etymology: From puff + -ed. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|puff|ed}} puff + -ed Head templates: {{en-adj}} puffed (comparative more puffed, superlative most puffed)
  1. Inflated or swollen.
    Sense id: en-puffed-en-adj-xKAF-njT Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ed Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ed: 14 38 16 32 0
  2. Gathered up into rounded ridges.
    Sense id: en-puffed-en-adj-H5nn9M18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ed, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 40 13 34 8 0 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ed: 14 38 16 32 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 41 15 36 5 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 41 17 36 4 0
  3. (of cereals) Expanded by the use of steam.
    Sense id: en-puffed-en-adj-IaOXONJH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ed, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 40 13 34 8 0 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ed: 14 38 16 32 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 41 15 36 5 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 41 17 36 4 0
  4. Consisting of a puff; exhaled or produced in puffs.
    Sense id: en-puffed-en-adj-3t2XnMmJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ed, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 40 13 34 8 0 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ed: 14 38 16 32 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 41 15 36 5 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 41 17 36 4 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: puffed grain, puffed rice, puffed up, puffed wheat
Etymology number: 1

Adjective

IPA: /pʌft/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-puffed.wav Forms: more puffed [comparative], most puffed [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʌft Etymology: Shortened from puffed out. Head templates: {{en-adj}} puffed (comparative more puffed, superlative most puffed)
  1. (colloquial) Synonym of puffed out (“panting from exercise”). Tags: colloquial Synonyms: puffed out [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-puffed-en-adj-bMm05pqg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /pʌft/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-puffed.wav
Rhymes: -ʌft Etymology: From puff + -ed. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|puff|ed}} puff + -ed Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} puffed
  1. simple past and past participle of puff Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: puff
    Sense id: en-puffed-en-verb-vYPd7DY-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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