puff out
- v to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"
prosper
- v make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance
protect
- v shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage
Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain - v use tariffs to favor domestic industry
protrude
- v extend out or project in space
- v bulge outward
- v swell or protrude outwards
protuberate
- v cause to bulge out or project
- v form a rounded prominence
The starved child's belly protuberated
prove
- v be shown or be found to be
She proved to be right - v establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
- v provide evidence for
- v prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof
- v put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
- v increase in volume
- v cause to puff up with a leaven
- v take a trial impression of
- v obtain probate of
prove a will
provide
- v give something useful or necessary to
We provided the room with an electrical heater - v give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
The hostess provided lunch for all the guests - v determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation
The will provides that each child should receive half of the money
The Constitution provides for the right to free speech - v mount or put up
- v make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
This procedure provides for lots of leeway - v supply means of subsistence; earn a living
He provides for his large family by working three jobs - v take measures in preparation for
provide for the proper care of the passengers on the cruise ship