Weed vs. Puff

Weednoun

(countable) Any plant regarded as unwanted at the place where, and at the time when it is growing.

‘If it isn't in a straight line or marked with a label, it's a weed.’;

Puffnoun

(countable) A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth.

Weednoun

Short for duckweed.

Puffnoun

(uncountable) The ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself.

‘out of puff’;

Weednoun

Underbrush; low shrubs.

Puffnoun

(countable) A small quantity of gas or smoke in the air.

‘puff of smoke’;

Weednoun

A drug or the like made from the leaves of a plant.

Puffnoun

(countable) A sudden gust.

Weednoun

Cannabis.

Puffnoun

An act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe.

Weednoun

Tobacco.

Puffnoun

(countable) A flamboyant or alluring statement about an object's quality.

Weednoun

A cigar.

Puffnoun

A puffer, one who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at auction to bid up the price; an act or scam of that type.

Weednoun

(countable) A weak horse, which is therefore unfit to breed from.

Puffnoun

A puffball.

Weednoun

A puny person; one who has little physical strength.

Puffnoun

A powder puff.

Weednoun

Something unprofitable or troublesome; anything useless.

Puffnoun

The drug cannabis.

Weednoun

(archaic) A garment or piece of clothing.

Puffnoun

(countable) A light cake filled with cream, cream cheese, etc.

‘cream puff’;

Weednoun

(archaic) Clothing collectively; clothes, dress.

Puffnoun

syn of poof: a male homosexual, especially an effeminate one.

Weednoun

(archaic) An article of dress worn in token of grief; a mourning garment or badge.

Puffnoun

Life.

Weednoun

(Female) mourning apparel.

‘He wore a weed on his hat.’;

Puffverb

(intransitive) To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs.

Weednoun

A sudden illness or relapse, often attended with fever, which befalls those who are about to give birth, are giving birth, or have recently given birth or miscarried or aborted.

Puffverb

(intransitive) To pant.

Weedverb

To remove unwanted vegetation from a cultivated area.

‘I weeded my flower bed.’;

Puffverb

To advertise.

Weedverb

simple past tense and past participle of wee

Puffverb

To blow as an expression of scorn.

Weednoun

A garment; clothing; especially, an upper or outer garment.

‘He on his bed sat, the soft weeds he worePut off.’;

Puffverb

To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.

Weednoun

An article of dress worn in token of grief; a mourning garment or badge; as, he wore a weed on his hat; especially, in the plural, mourning garb, as of a woman; as, a widow's weeds.

‘In a mourning weed, with ashes upon her head, and tears abundantly flowing.’;

Puffverb

To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.

Weednoun

A sudden illness or relapse, often attended with fever, which attacks women in childbed.

Puffverb

To drive with a puff, or with puffs.

Weednoun

Underbrush; low shrubs.

‘One rushing forth out of the thickest weed.’; ‘A wild and wanton pard . . . Crouched fawning in the weed.’;

Puffverb

To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.

Weednoun

Any plant growing in cultivated ground to the injury of the crop or desired vegetation, or to the disfigurement of the place; an unsightly, useless, or injurious plant.

‘Too much manuring filled that field with weeds.’;

Puffverb

To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate.

‘a bladder puffed with air’;

Weednoun

Fig.: Something unprofitable or troublesome; anything useless.

Puffverb

To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, etc.; often with up.

Weednoun

An animal unfit to breed from.

Puffverb

To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.

Weednoun

Tobacco, or a cigar.

Puffnoun

A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff.

Weedverb

To free from noxious plants; to clear of weeds; as, to weed corn or onions; to weed a garden.

Puffnoun

Anything light and filled with air. Specifically: (a) A puffball. (b) kind of light pastry. (c) A utensil of the toilet for dusting the skin or hair with powder.

Weedverb

To take away, as noxious plants; to remove, as something hurtful; to extirpate; - commonly used with out; as, to weed out inefficiency from an enterprise.

‘Wise fathers . . . weeding from their children ill things.’; ‘Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.’;

Puffnoun

An exaggerated or empty expression of praise, especially one in a public journal.

Weedverb

To free from anything hurtful or offensive.

‘He weeded the kingdom of such as were devoted to Elaiana.’;

Puffverb

To blow in puffs, or with short and sudden whiffs.

Weedverb

To reject as unfit for breeding purposes.

Puffverb

To blow, as an expression of scorn; - with at.

‘It is really to defy Heaven to puff at damnation.’;

Weednoun

any plant that crowds out cultivated plants

Puffverb

To breathe quick and hard, or with puffs, as after violent exertion.

‘The ass comes back again, puffing and blowing, from the chase.’;

Weednoun

street names for marijuana

Puffverb

To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.

Weedverb

clear of weeds;

‘weed the garden’;

Puffverb

To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.

‘Then came brave Glory puffing by.’;

Weed

A weed is a plant considered undesirable in a particular situation, . Examples commonly are plants unwanted in human-controlled settings, such as farm fields, gardens, lawns, and parks.

‘a plant in the wrong place’;

Puffverb

To drive with a puff, or with puffs.

‘The clearing north will puff the clouds away.’;

Puffverb

To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.

‘I puff the prostitute away.’;

Puffverb

To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate; to ruffle with puffs; - often with up; as, a bladder puffed with air.

‘The sea puffed up with winds.’;

Puffverb

To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, or the like; - often with up.

‘Puffed up with military success.’;

Puffverb

To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.

Puffadjective

Puffed up; vain.

Puffnoun

a short light gust of air

Puffnoun

a light inflated pastry or puff shell

Puffnoun

exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)

Puffnoun

bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together

Puffnoun

a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin

Puffnoun

thick cushion used as a seat

Puffnoun

a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke);

‘he took a puff on his pipe’; ‘he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly’;

Puffnoun

forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth;

‘he gave his nose a loud blow’; ‘he blew out all the candles with a single puff’;

Puffverb

smoke and exhale strongly;

‘puff a cigar’; ‘whiff a pipe’;

Puffverb

suck in or take (air);

‘draw a deep breath’; ‘draw on a cigarette’;

Puffverb

breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted;

‘The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily’;

Puffverb

make proud or conceited;

‘The sudden fame puffed her ego’;

Puffverb

praise extravagantly;

‘The critics puffed up this Broadway production’;

Puffverb

speak in a blustering or scornful manner;

‘A puffing kind of man’;

Puffverb

to swell or cause to enlarge,

‘Her faced puffed up from the drugs’;

Puffverb

blow hard and loudly;

‘he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain’;

Puffadjective

gathered for protruding fullness;

‘puff sleeves’;

Puffnoun

a short, explosive burst of breath or wind

‘a puff of wind swung the weathercock round’;

Puffnoun

the sound of air or vapour escaping suddenly

‘the whistle and puff of steam’;

Puffnoun

a small quantity of vapour or smoke, emitted in one blast

‘the fire breathed out a puff of blue smoke’;

Puffnoun

an act of drawing quickly on a pipe, cigarette, or cigar

‘he took a puff of his cigar’;

Puffnoun

breath

‘after a chase of over three miles he had finally run out of puff’;

Puffnoun

a light pastry case, typically one made of puff pastry, containing a sweet or savoury filling

‘a jam puff’;

Puffnoun

a review of a work of art, book, or theatrical production, especially an excessively complimentary one

‘the publishers sent him a copy of the book hoping for a puff’;

Puffnoun

an advertisement, especially one exaggerating the value of the goods advertised

‘extravagant statements are regarded as salesman's puff’; ‘the distinction between a trader's puff and a statement having legal significance is a fine one’;

Puffnoun

a gathered mass of material in a dress or other garment.

Puffnoun

a rolled protuberant mass of hair

‘her hair was drawn up into a series of padded puffs and curves’;

Puffnoun

an eiderdown

‘the snowy beds were piled with plump pillows and puffs’;

Puffnoun

a powder puff

‘she sent her a box of dusting powder with a swansdown puff’;

Puffverb

breathe in repeated short gasps

‘exercises that make you puff’;

Puffverb

move with short, noisy breaths or bursts of air or steam

‘the train came puffing in’;

Puffverb

smoke a pipe, cigarette, or cigar

‘he puffed on his pipe contentedly’;

Puffverb

blow (dust, smoke, or a light object) with a quick breath or blast of air

‘he puffed out smoke through his long cigarette holder’;

Puffverb

move through the air in short bursts

‘his breath puffed out like white smoke’;

Puffverb

swell or become swollen

‘when he was in a temper, his cheeks puffed up and his eyes shrank’; ‘he suddenly sucked his stomach in and puffed his chest out’;

Puffverb

be conceited

‘he was never puffed up about his writing’;

Puffverb

advertise with exaggerated or false praise

‘publishers have puffed the book on the grounds that it contains new discoveries’;