puff

«puff» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A short burst of air, smoke, wind or steam — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a puff, puffs); verb (puff, puffs, puffed, puffing)

meaning for a pupil

1) A short burst of air, smoke, wind or steam. tree →

2) (verb) To breathe quickly and hard, for example after running. tree →

3) (verb) To blow out air or smoke in small bursts. tree →

4) (verb) To swell up or make bigger: «puff out your cheeks». tree →

5) A light pastry or food filled with air: «cream puff». tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the verses it means to be swollen with pride, or to blow at someone with scorn. Interpretation: Habakkuk says the proud soul is puffed up, but the righteous live by faith. This is a central line in Jewish teaching on trust in God. In the primary lessons: In stories: «I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down» (The Three Little Pigs); steam trains puff. In PE, children are puffed (out of breath) after running. In health, an inhaler puff for asthma. Phrases: «out of puff», «puff out», «puff up», «a puff of smoke».

examples

• Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is not upright in him; but the righteous shall live by his faith. (Prophets HAB.2.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• 'For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise', saith the LORD; 'I will set him in safety at whom they puff.' (Writings PSA.12.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• A puff of smoke came from the chimney. tree →
• I was puffing after running up the hill. tree →
• The wolf huffed and puffed. tree →
• Puff out your cheeks like a fish. tree →
• The bird puffed up its feathers to keep warm. tree →
• She took a puff of her asthma inhaler. tree →
• The magician vanished in a puff of smoke. tree →
• The Frog puffed up still more. tree →

note

Past: puffed. «Puffed» or «out of puff» (UK, Australia) = out of breath. «Puffy» eyes are swollen.

In the corpora

• Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is not upright in him; but the righteous shall live by his faith.
• Male frigatebirds puff up a big red throat pouch to attract females, and frigatebirds can stay in the air for weeks without landing.
• Swell sharks gulp water to puff themselves up and wedge into rock cracks so a predator cannot pull them out.
• Toad puffs up: «I'm not really clever, according to my friends.
• At lunch Toad is so puffed up that the others suspect something.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «puff» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.