The ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself.
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.
A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth.
An act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe.
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.
The ability to breathe easily.
Flatus.
Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument.
News of an event, especially by hearsay or gossip. (Used with catch, often in the past tense.)
The region of the solar plexus, where a blow may paralyze the diaphragm and cause temporary loss of breath or other injury.
Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.
The woodwind section of an orchestra. Occasionally also used to include the brass section.
A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points, which are often called the "four winds".
The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist.
One of the five basic elements in Indian and Japanese models of the Classical elements.
Types of playing-tile in the game of mah-jongg, named after the four winds.
Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words.
Air artificially put in motion by any force or action.
A bird, the dotterel.
A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing.
To rest (a horse, etc.) in order to allow the breath to be recovered; to breathe.
To perceive or follow by scent.
To turn a boat or ship around, so that the wind strikes it on the opposite side.
To entwist; to enfold; to encircle.
To cause a baby to bring up wind by patting its back after being fed.
To cause to move by exerting a winding force; to haul or hoist, as by a winch.
To turn coils of (a cord or something similar) around something.
To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern.
To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.
To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism such as that of a clock.
To travel in a way that is not straight.
To cover or surround with something coiled about.
To turn (a ship) around, end for end.
To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
To turn a windmill so that its sails face into the wind.
To cause (someone) to become breathless, as by a blow to the abdomen, or by physical exertion, running, etc.