To inflate with air.
To swell due to injury or illness.
To become proud. (Often written as puffed up with pride.)
To fluff up, such as an animal raising its fur or feathers to appear larger or conserve body heat.
To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen.
To take in the slack of (a rope).
To reduce (sail) by taking it in.
To become shorter.
To make shorter; to abbreviate.
To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, etc.
To make deficient (as to); to deprive (of).