puff up

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Englisch - Englisch
To inflate with air

We puffed up the balloons.

To become proud. (Often written as puffed up with pride.)
To swell due to injury or illness

My hand puffed up where the cat had scratched me.

If part of your body puffs up as a result of an injury or illness, it becomes swollen. Her body bloated and puffed up till pain seemed to burst out through her skin. see also puffed up = swell
become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger; "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son"
become swollen; swell up; inflate
make larger or distend; "The estimates were puffed up"
make larger or distend; "The estimates were puffed up
praise extravagantly; "The critics puffed up this Broadway production"
to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"
puff up

    Türkische aussprache

    pʌf ʌp

    Aussprache

    /ˈpəf ˈəp/ /ˈpʌf ˈʌp/

    Etymologie

    [ 'p&f ] (verb.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English pyffan, of imitative origin.
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