puff-v; 6 Senses

Sense Number 1: Suck in or take in air or some other substance in a controlled manner.

Examples:
He puffed a cigar as he spoke.
She puffs a long cigarette.
He puffed a deep breath of air.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: puff.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2

Sense Number 2: Breathe in an uncontrolled manner.

Examples:
He huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain.
The runners puffed heavily towards the finish.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: Breathing
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3, 8

Sense Number 3: Praise extravagantly.

Commentary: Includes: PUFF UP

Examples:
The critics puffed up this production.
Newspapers really puffed up the value of the work.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
puff_up 4

Sense Number 4: Speak in a proud, conceited, scornful manner, or act in such a manner.

Commentary: Includes: PUFF UP

Examples:
The mother puffed with importance when she spoke of her son.
The sudden fame puffed her ego.
He puffs up around other academics.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: puff.03
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4, 6
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
puff_up 3

Sense Number 5: To physically or metaphorically distend or make larger.

Commentary: Includes: PUFF UP, PUFF OUT

Examples:
Her face puffed up from the drugs.
His chest puffs out after lifting weights.
The company puffed up the estimates.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: puff.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 7
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
puff_up 1, 2
puff_out 1

Sense Number 6: Emit clouds of a substance.

Examples:
The factory puffed smoke.
He puffed vapors from his cigar which lingered in the room.
He puffed a cloud of meth from his lungs.

Mappings:
VerbNet: substance_emission-43.4
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: puff.04