BLOW
\blˈə͡ʊ], \blˈəʊ], \b_l_ˈəʊ]\
Definitions of BLOW
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"
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be blowing or storming; "The wind blew from the West"
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a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon; "a blow on the head"
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an unfortunate happening that hinders of impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
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exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down"
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free of obstruction by blowing air through; "blow one's nose"
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burst suddenly; "The tire blew"; "We blew a tire"
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shape by blowing; "Blow a glass vase"
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show off
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leave; informal or rude; "shove off!"; "The children shoved along"; "Blow now!"
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spend lavishly or wastefully on; "He blew a lot of money on his new home theater"
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street names for cocaine
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allow to regain its breath; "blow a horse"
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cause to be revealed and jeopardized; "The story blew their cover"; "The double agent was blown by the other side"
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lay eggs; "certain insects are said to blow"
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cause air to go in, on, or through; "Blow my hair dry"
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play or sound a wind instrument; "She blew the horn"
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make a sound as if blown; "The whistle blew"
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sound by having air expelled through a tube; "The trumpets blew"
By Princeton University
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be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"
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be blowing or storming; "The wind blew from the West"
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a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon; "a blow on the head"
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an unfortunate happening that hinders of impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
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exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down"
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free of obstruction by blowing air through; "blow one's nose"
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burst suddenly; "The tire blew"; "We blew a tire"
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shape by blowing; "Blow a glass vase"
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show off
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leave; informal or rude; "shove off!"; "The children shoved along"; "Blow now!"
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spend lavishly or wastefully on; "He blew a lot of money on his new home theater"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To flower; to blossom; to bloom.
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To cause to blossom; to put forth (blossoms or flowers).
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A blossom; a flower; also, a state of blossoming; a mass of blossoms.
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A forcible stroke with the hand, fist, or some instrument, as a rod, a club, an ax, or a sword.
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A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.
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The infliction of evil; a sudden calamity; something which produces mental, physical, or financial suffering or loss (esp. when sudden); a buffet.
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To produce a current of air; to move, as air, esp. to move rapidly or with power; as, the wind blows.
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To send forth a forcible current of air, as from the mouth or from a pair of bellows.
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To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
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To sound on being blown into, as a trumpet.
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To spout water, etc., from the blowholes, as a whale.
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To be carried or moved by the wind; as, the dust blows in from the street.
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To talk loudly; to boast; to storm.
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To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means; as, to blow the fire.
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To drive by a current air; to impel; as, the tempest blew the ship ashore.
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To cause air to pass through by the action of the mouth, or otherwise; to cause to sound, as a wind instrument; as, to blow a trumpet; to blow an organ.
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To clear of contents by forcing air through; as, to blow an egg; to blow one's nose.
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To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.
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To form by inflation; to swell by injecting air; as, to blow bubbles; to blow glass.
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To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.
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To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue; as, to blow a horse.
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To deposit eggs or larvae upon, or in (meat, etc.).
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A blowing, esp., a violent blowing of the wind; a gale; as, a heavy blow came on, and the ship put back to port.
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The act of forcing air from the mouth, or through or from some instrument; as, to give a hard blow on a whistle or horn; to give the fire a blow with the bellows.
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The spouting of a whale.
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A single heat or operation of the Bessemer converter.
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An egg, or a larva, deposited by a fly on or in flesh, or the act of depositing it.
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To burst, shatter, or destroy by an explosion; - usually with up, down, open, or similar adverb; as, to blow up a building.
By Oddity Software
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To flower; to blossom; to bloom.
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To cause to blossom; to put forth (blossoms or flowers).
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A blossom; a flower; also, a state of blossoming; a mass of blossoms.
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A forcible stroke with the hand, fist, or some instrument, as a rod, a club, an ax, or a sword.
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A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.
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The infliction of evil; a sudden calamity; something which produces mental, physical, or financial suffering or loss (esp. when sudden); a buffet.
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To produce a current of air; to move, as air, esp. to move rapidly or with power; as, the wind blows.
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To send forth a forcible current of air, as from the mouth or from a pair of bellows.
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To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
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To sound on being blown into, as a trumpet.
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To spout water, etc., from the blowholes, as a whale.
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To be carried or moved by the wind; as, the dust blows in from the street.
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To talk loudly; to boast; to storm.
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To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means; as, to blow the fire.
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To drive by a current air; to impel; as, the tempest blew the ship ashore.
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To cause air to pass through by the action of the mouth, or otherwise; to cause to sound, as a wind instrument; as, to blow a trumpet; to blow an organ.
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To clear of contents by forcing air through; as, to blow an egg; to blow one's nose.
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To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.
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To form by inflation; to swell by injecting air; as, to blow bubbles; to blow glass.
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To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.
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To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue; as, to blow a horse.
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To deposit eggs or larvae upon, or in (meat, etc.).
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A blowing, esp., a violent blowing of the wind; a gale; as, a heavy blow came on, and the ship put back to port.
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The act of forcing air from the mouth, or through or from some instrument; as, to give a hard blow on a whistle or horn; to give the fire a blow with the bellows.
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The spouting of a whale.
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A single heat or operation of the Bessemer converter.
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An egg, or a larva, deposited by a fly on or in flesh, or the act of depositing it.
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To burst, shatter, or destroy by an explosion; - usually with up, down, open, or similar adverb; as, to blow up a building.
By Noah Webster.
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To blossom; to flower; to move, as air, at different rates of speed and force; to pant; to breathe quickly; to sound by having air forced into, as a whistle; to spout water.
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To drive a current of air upon; to send forward or impel by a current of air; to cause to sound by forcing air through, as a whistle; to clear by forcing air through; form by forcing air into, as bubbles; put out of breath by fatigue; scatter or shatter by explosives.
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A flower; a blossom; a blast; a gale of wind; an egg laid by a fly; the spouting of a whale; a stroke with the hand or with a weapon; an act of enmity; a sudden shock or misfortune.
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Blew.
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Blown.
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Blowing.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A stroke or knock: a sudden misfortune or calamity.
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To bloom or blossom:-pr.p. blowing; pa.p. blown.
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To produce a current of air: to move, as air or the wind.
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To drive air upon or into: to drive by a current of air: to sound as a wind instrument:-pa.t. blew (bloo); pa.p. blown.
By Daniel Lyons
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A stroke; sudden shock or calamity.
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To blossom.
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To drive by wind; force wind into or against.
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To produce a current of air; to pant.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To bloom.
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To move or affect by a current of air; inflate, as molten glass; sound, as a trumpet.
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To put out of breath.
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To lay eggs in, as flies in meat.
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To emit a current, as of air; move in or be carried by the wind.
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To sound by being blown.
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To pant; be winded.
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A sudden or violent stroke; thump; shock; calamity.
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The act of blowing; a blast.
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The egg of a fly; a flyblow.
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The state of flowering; a mass of blossoms.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A stroke; an act of hostility; a sudden calamity; the blossoms; the bloom; a gale of wind; breath; an ovum or egg deposited by a fly. To blow hot and cold, to vacillate: to side now with one party, now with the other. To blow over, to pass away without effect; to subside. To blow up, to be broken and scattered by the explosion of gunpowder. To blow out, to extinguish by blowing upon; to scatter, as by a pistol-shot. To blow up, to inflate; to kindle; to burst or scatter by the explosion of gunpowder; to bring to nought suddenly; to scold. To blow upon, to make stale or common, as a passage in a writer; to speak ill of; to regard as worthless; to divulge.
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To drive a current of air upon; to drive by a current of air; to put out of breath: to inflate with air; to puff up; to sound a wind instrument; to spread by report; to taint by depositing eggs upon, as flies; to shatter by explosives.; to come to blossom.
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To make a current of air; to pant; to sound as a horn by being blown; to flower; to blossom.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A stroke; first act of hostility; a sudden calamity.
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To move as air; to pant or puff; to throw or drive a current of air into or upon; to warm by the breath; to deposit eggs as flies.
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To come into flower; to show flower.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Effect produced by one body striking another. The impression made by any body which strikes us, or against which we strike ;-a common cause of wounds, contusions, fractures, &c.
By Robley Dunglison