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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Blow \Blow\ (bl[=o]), verb (used without an object) [imp. {Blew} (bl[=u]); p. p. {Blown} (bl[=o]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blowing}.] [OE. blowen, AS. bl[=o]wan to blossom; akin to OS. bl[=o]jan, D. bloeijen, OHG. pluojan, MHG. bl["u]ejen, G. bl["u]hen, L. florere to flourish, OIr. blath blossom. Cf. {Blow} to puff, {Flourish}.] To flower; to blossom; to bloom.
How blows the citron grove. --Milton.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Blow \Blow\, verb (used without an object) [imp. {Blew} (bl[=u]); p. p. {Blown} (bl[=o]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blowing}.] [OE. blawen, blowen, AS. bl[=a]wan to blow, as wind; akin to OHG. pl[=a]jan, G. bl["a]hen, to blow up, swell, L. flare to blow, Gr. 'ekflai'nein to spout out, and to E. bladder, blast, inflate, etc., and perh. blow to bloom.]
1. To produce a current of air; to move, as air, esp. to move rapidly or with power; as, the wind blows.
Hark how it rains and blows ! --Walton.
2. To send forth a forcible current of air, as from the mouth or from a pair of bellows.
3. To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
Here is Mistress Page at the door, sweating and blowing. --Shak.
4. To sound on being blown into, as a trumpet.
There let the pealing organ blow. --Milton.
5. To spout water, etc., from the blowholes, as a whale.
6. To be carried or moved by the wind; as, the dust blows in from the street.
The grass blows from their graves to thy own. --M. Arnold.
7. To talk loudly; to boast; to storm. [Colloq.]
You blow behind my back, but dare not say anything to my face. --Bartlett.
8. To stop functioning due to a failure in an electrical circuit, especially on which breaks the circuit; sometimes used with out; -- used of light bulbs, electronic components, fuses; as, the dome light in the car blew out. [PJC]
9. To deflate by sudden loss of air; usually used with out; -- of inflatable tires. [PJC]
{To blow hot and cold} (a saying derived from a fable of [AE]sop's), to favor a thing at one time and treat it coldly at another; or to appear both to favor and to oppose.
{To blow off}, to let steam escape through a passage provided for the purpose; as, the engine or steamer is blowing off.
{To blow out}. (a) To be driven out by the expansive force of a gas or vapor; as, a steam cock or valve sometimes blows out. (b) To talk violently or abusively. [Low]
{To blow over}, to pass away without effect; to cease, or be dissipated; as, the storm and the clouds have blown over.
{To blow up}, to be torn to pieces and thrown into the air as by an explosion of powder or gas or the expansive force of steam; to burst; to explode; as, a powder mill or steam boiler blows up. ''The enemy's magazines blew up.'' --Tatler.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
blowing \blowing\ n.
1. processing that involves blowing a gas. [WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
blowing \blowing\ adjective prenom.
1. windy.
Syn: blustering(prenominal), blusterous, blustery, gusty. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
blowing
noun: processing that involves blowing a gas
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