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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puffy/#m1)

2) Puffy means soft, round and full of air, like puffy clouds or a puffy jacket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puffy/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puffy/#x1)
- My ankle went puffy after I twisted it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puffy/#x2)
- Puffy white clouds floated across the sky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puffy/#x3)
- He wore a big puffy jacket in the snow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puffy/#x4)
- The pastry came out puffy and golden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puffy/#x5)
- The dress had puffy sleeves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puffy/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/381-silkworms-and-goldfish-two-animals-china-changed/17/)
- [Cumulus clouds are white and puffy and usually mean fair weather.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/67-clouds-rain-snow-hail/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «puffy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/puffy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.