puff
/pʌf/ verbe C2En français : expulser par bouffées, haleter, gonfler
- To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs.
- To pant.
- To blow as an expression of scorn.
- To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
- To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.
- To drive with a puff, or with puffs.
- To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
- To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate. · a bladder puffed with air
He/she/it puffs · Prétérit puffed · Participe passé puffed · Forme en -ing puffing
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- puff
- He/she/it
- puffs
- Prétérit
- puffed
- Participe passé
- puffed
- Forme en -ing
- puffing
Verbes à particule et expressions
Dans la bibliothèque
“He is dead, dear Mother; for just now a very huge beast with four great feet came to the pool and crushed him to death with his cloven heel.” The Frog, puffing herself out, inquired, “if the beast was as big as that in size.” “Cease, Mother, to puff yourself out,” said her son, “and do not be angry; for you would, I assure you, sooner burst than successfully imitate the hugeness of that monster.”
Then a sudden puff of wind arose, and the Lamp was immediately extinguished.
A sudden puff of wind blew off his hat and wig, at which a loud laugh rang forth from his companions.
The Clown put his hands in his pockets, and after puffing out his cheeks and nodding his head at them saucily, he said:
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