To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.
To increase the activity of (a catalyst) by changing its surface structure.
To elevate to a higher league.
To move on to a subsequent stage of education.
To encourage, urge or incite.
To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.
To exchange (a pawn) for a queen or other piece when it reaches the eighth rank.
To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, etc.; often with up.
To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate.
To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs.
To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
To blow as an expression of scorn.
To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
To pant.
To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.
To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.
To drive with a puff, or with puffs.
A portion of fabric gathered up so as to be left full in the middle.
A powder puff.
A small quantity of gas or smoke in the air.
A sudden but small gust of wind, smoke, etc.
A light cake filled with cream, cream cheese, etc.
A puffball.
A region of a chromosome exhibiting a local increase in diameter.
Synonym of poof: a male homosexual, especially an effeminate one.
The drug cannabis.
A flamboyant or alluring statement of praise.
The ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself.
A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth.
An act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe.