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puff

/pʌf/ /pʌf/
  1. 1
    solumak, nefes nefese kalmak

    To breathe loudly and quickly, for example after running or climbing.

    • He was puffing hard by the time he reached the top of the stairs.
      Merdivenin tepesine vardığında nefes nefese kalmıştı.
    • She came puffing up the hill behind us.
      Arkamızdan soluyarak tepeye tırmandı.
  2. 2
    (sigara, pipo) tüttürmek, (pipodan) nefes çekmek

    To smoke a cigarette, a cigar or a pipe.

    • My grandfather sat by the fire, puffing on his pipe.
      Dedem ateşin yanında oturmuş, piposunu tüttürüyordu.
    • He puffed nervously at a cigarette while he waited.
      Beklerken sinirli sinirli sigarasından nefes çekti.
  3. 3
    (duman, buhar) çıkarmak, (duman) püskürtmek

    To send out small clouds of smoke or steam.

    • The old train puffed slowly out of the station.
      Eski tren dumanlar çıkararak yavaşça istasyondan ayrıldı.
    • A small chimney was puffing smoke into the cold air.
      Küçük bir baca soğuk havaya duman püskürtüyordu.

Verb Forms Regular

Base puff
/pʌf/
Past puffed
/pʌft/
Participle puffed
/pʌft/
Spelling rule

Add ‑edpuff → puffed

Fiilin sonuna -ed eklenir.

Same rule: work → worked · want → wanted · help → helped

Pronunciation of -ed
/t/worked /d/played /ɪd/wanted

Fiil sert (ötümsüz) bir ünsüzle, /f/ sesiyle bittiği için -ed /t/ okunur; yeni hece eklenmez. puffed /pʌft/

Synonyms

Collocations

puff and pantpuff on a cigarettepuff on a pipepuff smokepuff out your cheekspuff uphuff and puff

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