Puffy - English meaning

adjective

(of clothing) loose and hanging in folds.

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Baggy trousers

noun

Loose, wide-legged trousers or shorts.

Usage examples:

Young men sport baggies low on their hips, exposing calvin klein boxers and a line of hair.

adjective

(of clothes) hanging loosely because of being too big or having been stretched

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A baggy sweater

adjective

Swollen with fluid or gas.

Usage examples:

He had a bloated, unshaven face

verb

Make or become swollen with fluid or gas.

Usage examples:

The fungus has bloated their abdomens

verb

Cure (a herring) by salting and smoking it lightly.

adjective

Swelling outwards; protruding.

Usage examples:

He stared with bulging eyes

verb

Swell or protrude to an incongruous extent.

Usage examples:

The veins in his neck bulged

verb

Make or become wider, larger, or more open.

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Her eyes dilated with horror

adjective

Wider or further open than usual

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Dilated pupils

adjective

Swollen due to pressure from inside; bloated.

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A distended belly

verb

Swell or cause to swell by pressure from inside.

Usage examples:

The abdomen distended rapidly

adjective

Swollen and large in a way that is not normal, especially because of pressure from inside

Usage examples:

The television showed images of starving children with distended bellies., his abdomen had become v…

verb

Cause to swell with blood, water, or another fluid.

Usage examples:

The river was engorged by a day-long deluge

adjective

If a part of the body is engorged, it has become swollen or filled with a liquid, especially blood.

adjective

Having become or been made larger.

Usage examples:

An enlarged spleen

verb

Make or become larger or more extensive.

Usage examples:

They have renovated and enlarged the four-storey building

adjective

Containing or holding as much or as many as possible; having no empty space.

Usage examples:

Waste bins full of rubbish

adverb

Straight; directly.

Usage examples:

She turned her head and looked full into his face

noun

The period, point, or state of the greatest fullness or strength.

Usage examples:

So many of those who were killed in the attacks were right in the full of their lives.

adjective

Distended through being filled with air or gas.

Usage examples:

A partially inflated balloon

verb

Fill (a balloon, tyre, or other expandable structure) with air or gas so that it becomes distended.

Usage examples:

Never use an air line on a garage forecourt to inflate your tyres

adjective

An inflated price or value is higher than it should be or than is reasonable

Usage examples:

Evidence suggests that travellers have been put off by the inflated prices., grossly/highly/vastly …

verb

(especially of a part of the body) become larger or rounder in size, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid.

Usage examples:

Her bruised knee was already swelling up

noun

A full or gently rounded shape or form.

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The soft swell of her breast

noun

A gradual increase in amount, intensity, or volume.

Usage examples:

A huge swell in the popularity of one-day cricket

verb

Become swollen.

Usage examples:

The tumefied face, the swollen and blackened eyes and lips

adjective

Swollen or becoming swollen, especially as a response to sexual arousal.

adjective

Swollen or becoming swollen, especially because of sexual excitement

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A tumescent penis

adjective

(especially of a part of the body) swollen.

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A tumid belly

adjective

Becoming or seeming swollen or distended.

Usage examples:

The cells are highly vacuolized, turgescent, and present a ‘chordal’ appearance

adjective

Having a large or protruding stomach.

Usage examples:

A ventricose old lady