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[v5m,vi]
[uk]
▶ to swell ▶ to become swollen ▶ to become puffy (e.g. face from lack of sleep) ▶ to become bloated (esp. from fluid retention) |
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| 3. | A 2018-07-07 15:09:24 Robin Scott <...address hidden...> | |
| Diff: | @@ -16,2 +16,2 @@ -<gloss>to be puffy (e.g. face from lack of sleep)</gloss> -<gloss>to be bloated (esp. from fluid retention)</gloss> +<gloss>to become puffy (e.g. face from lack of sleep)</gloss> +<gloss>to become bloated (esp. from fluid retention)</gloss> |
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| 2. | A 2012-04-24 22:24:35 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| 1. | A* 2012-04-24 13:25:35 Nils Roland Barth <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | GG5 daijr koj |
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| Comments: | This is quite close to 腫れる – seems esp. used of “puffy face” (from exhaustion etc.), though it is also used in a medical context (esp. beriberi?). Formally it seems more associated with fluid retention (several dicts mention this), rather than inflammation (from disease). |
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| Diff: | @@ -16,0 +16,2 @@ +<gloss>to be puffy (e.g. face from lack of sleep)</gloss> +<gloss>to be bloated (esp. from fluid retention)</gloss> |
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