fluffs up
Makes more puffy
To fluff up is to make something softer, fuller, or more voluminous by shaking or patting it: She fluffed up the pillows before the guests arrived.
Feathers fluff up for warmth or display.
The phrase extends to making something seem more substantial than it is: He fluffed up his resume with vague accomplishments.
- plumpsFills out rounder
- downyHaving soft, fine texture
- cottonySoft and fibrous
- embellishesAdds decorative elements
- shakesTrembling or vibrating movements
beats up · shakes out · exaggerates · puffs · amplifies · pumps up · magnifies · teases · aerates · ruffles · boosts · lofts · swells · poofs · feathers · dramatizes · expands · blown up
fluffs upflattens
Makes level or even
compresses · squashes · deflates · crushes · squishes
fluffs upcompacts
Formal agreements between parties
weighs down · hardens · stiffens · smooths · clumps
fluffs upcondenses
Reduces to essentials
strips down · trims · cuts · streamlines · deflates
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