puffy

«puffy» in Mova's school dictionary: swollen, often around the eyes or face, from crying… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (puffy, puffier, puffiest)

meaning for a pupil

1) Puffy means swollen, often around the eyes or face, from crying, sleep or an injury. tree →

2) Puffy means soft, round and full of air, like puffy clouds or a puffy jacket. tree →

sense in the lessons

In health: puffy eyes after crying, a puffy ankle after a sprain — put ice on it. In descriptive writing: puffy clouds, puffy sleeves. Phrases: puffy eyes, puffy jacket, puffy clouds.

examples

• Her eyes were puffy from crying. tree →
• My ankle went puffy after I twisted it. tree →
• Puffy white clouds floated across the sky. tree →
• He wore a big puffy jacket in the snow. tree →
• The pastry came out puffy and golden. tree →
• The dress had puffy sleeves. tree →

note

Comparatives: puffier, puffiest. Related: puff, puffed. A swollen, puffy part after an injury should be checked by an adult or nurse.

In the corpora

• Fancy goldfish with bubble eyes, puffy heads or double tails were bred by people, and some swim slowly or see badly.
• Cumulus clouds are white and puffy and usually mean fair weather.

Trees and pragmatics

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