| VERB | change | puff up | make larger / larger or distend |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | puff up, puff, blow up, puff out | to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs" | |
| social | puff up, swell | become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger | |
| communication | puff up, puff | praise extravagantly |
| Meaning | make larger / larger or distend. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Broader | inflate, blow up, expand, amplify | exaggerate or make bigger |
| Catalan | inflar | |
| Meaning | To swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs". | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Model | Did his feet puff up? | |
| Synonyms | puff, blow up, puff out | |
| Broader | swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce | Expand abnormally |
| Spanish | hincharse, hinchar | |
| Catalan | inflar-se, inflar | |
| Meaning | Become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonym | swell | |
| Broader | act, behave, do | Behave in a certain manner |
| Spanish | hincharse | |
| Meaning | praise extravagantly. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | puff | |
| Broader | praise | Express approval of |
| Spanish | hinchar | |
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