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- verb To
inflate with air. - verb To
swell due toinjury orillness . - verb To become
proud . (Often written as puffed up with pride.)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb praise extravagantly
- verb to swell or cause to enlarge,
- verb become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
- verb make larger or distend
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