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Search phrase: puff

Plays

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As You Like ItAYL III.v.50Like foggy south, puffing with wind and rain?Like foggy South, puffing with winde and raine,
CoriolanusCor II.i.206Do press among the popular throngs and puffDoe presse among the popular Throngs, and puffe
HamletHam I.iii.49Whiles like a puffed and reckless libertineWhilst like a puft and recklesse Libertine
HamletHam IV.iv.49Whose spirit, with divine ambition puffed,
Henry IV Part 22H4 IV.iii.110puffed up with this retinue, doth any deed of courage;pufft vp with his Retinue, doth any Deed of Courage:
Henry IV Part 22H4 V.iii.89By'r lady, I think 'a be, but goodman Puff ofIndeed, I thinke he bee, but Goodman Puffe of
Henry IV Part 22H4 V.iii.91Puff?Puffe?
Henry IV Part 22H4 V.iii.92Puff i'thy teeth, most recreant coward base!puffe in thy teeth, most recreant Coward base.
King Edward IIIE3 III.i.26Those frothy Dutchmen puffed with double beer,Those frothy Dutch men, puft with double beere,
King Edward IIIE3 III.i.86Did break from anchor straight, and, puffed with rageDid breake from Anchor straight, and puft with rage,
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.267Tapers they are, with your sweet breaths puffed out.Tapers they are, with your sweete breathes puft out.
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW V.v.151A puffed man?A puft man?
OthelloOth III.iv.133Puffed his own brother – and can he be angry?Puff't his owne Brother: And is he angry?
Romeo and JulietRJ I.iv.102And, being angered, puffs away from thence,And being anger'd, puffes away from thence,
Romeo and JulietRJ II.ii.31When he bestrides the lazy, puffing cloudsWhen he bestrides the lazie puffing Cloudes,
The Taming of the ShrewTS I.ii.199Have I not heard the sea, puffed up with winds,Haue I not heard the sea, puft vp with windes,
Timon of AthensTim IV.iii.181Whereof thy proud child, arrogant man, is puffed,Whereof thy proud Childe (arrogant man) is puft,
Troilus and CressidaTC I.iii.28Puffing at all, winnows the light away,Puffing at all, winnowes the light away;
Troilus and CressidaTC IV.v.9Outswell the colic of puffed Aquilon.Out-swell the collicke of puft Aquilon:

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.315 Puffs forth another wind that fires the torch. Puffes forth another wind that fires the torch.

Glossary

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blisteredornamented with puffs, displaying slashes to show the lining
blowpuff up, swell, inflate
bollenswollen, puffed out, inflamed
dropsiedpuffed up, turgid, pretentious
exsufflicateinflated, swollen, puffed up
exufflicateinflated, swollen, puffed up
outstretchedover-inflated, puffed up, swollen [by ambition]
puffedpuffed up, swollen (with vanity)
puffedincreased, extended, stuffed
puffingpuffed-out, swollen, swelling
pursyflabby, puffed-up, swollen
pursyshort-winded, puffed out
rankbloated, swollen, puffed-up
round hosebreeches puffed out at the hips
spheredpuffed out into the shape of a sphere, rounded
swellexalt, magnify, puff up
trunkfull, puffed, wide

Thesaurus

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hips, breeches puffed out atround hose
ornamented with puffsblistered
puff upblow
puff upswell
puffedtrunk
puffed outbollen
puffed outpursy
puffed out into the shape of a spheresphered
puffed updropsied
puffed upexsufflicate
puffed upoutstretched
puffed uppuffed
puffed-outpuffing
puffed-uppursy
puffed-uprank
puffs, ornamented withblistered
sphere, puffed out into the shape of asphered

Themes and Topics

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Clothing... tg ii vii 55 m breeches puffed out at the hips ruf...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
PUFFBASICpuff v, puffed adj, puffing adj

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