fluff up

• Фразовый глагол, означающий сделать что-то более пушистым, мягким или впечатляющим, часто путем встряхивания или похлопывания.

A phrasal verb meaning to make something appear fuller, softer, or more impressive, often by shaking or patting.

uncountable · transitive · phrasal, separable

1. Make something soft and puffyinformal

   To shake or pat something, such as a pillow or cushion, to make it appear fuller and softer.

   Взбить

   • She fluffed up the pillows before the guests arrived.
   • He fluffed up his hair with his fingers.
   • The cat fluffed up its fur when it saw the dog.

   Synonymsplump uppuff up

   Antonymscompactcompressflattenpackpresssmoothsquash

2. Exaggerate or embellishinformal

   To add unnecessary details or exaggerate something, often to make it seem more impressive.

   Приукрашивать

   • The speaker fluffed up his resume with minor achievements.
   • She tends to fluff up her stories to make them more interesting.
   • Don't fluff up the report; just give the facts.

   Synonymsdress upelaborateembellishembroiderexaggerateinflateoverstate

   Antonymsdownplayunderstate

Base verbfluff