 8 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
blow
noun
1: a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon; "a blow on the
head"
2: an impact (as from a collision); "the bump threw him off the
bicycle" [syn: {bump}]
3: an unfortunate happening that hinders of impedes; something
that is thwarting or frustrating [syn: {reverse}, {reversal},
{setback}, {black eye}]
4: an unpleasant or disappointing surprise; "it came as a shock
to learn that he was injured" [syn: {shock}]
5: a strong current of air; "the tree was bent almost double by
the gust" [syn: {gust}, {blast}]
6: street names for cocaine [syn: {coke}, {nose candy}, {snow},
{C}]
7: forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth; "he gave his
nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a
single puff" [syn: {puff}]
verb
1: exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down"
2: be blowing or storming; "The wind blew from the West"
3: free of obstruction by blowing air through; "blow one's
nose"
4: 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" [syn: {float},
{drift}, {be adrift}]
5: make a sound as if blown; "The whistle blew"
6: shape by blowing; "Blow a glass vase"
7: make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and
we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult
passage in the second movement" [syn: {botch}, {bumble}, {fumble},
{botch up}, {muff}, {flub}, {screw up}, {ball up}, {spoil},
{muck up}, {bungle}, {fluff}, {bollix}, {bollix up}, {bollocks},
{bollocks up}, {bobble}, {mishandle}, {louse up}, {foul
up}, {mess up}, {fuck up}]
8: spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance
on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity
to get and advanced degree" [syn: {waste}, {squander}]
[ant: {conserve}]
9: spend lavishly or wastefully on; "He blew a lot of money on
his new home theater"
10: sound by having air expelled through a tube; "The trumpets
blew"
11: play or sound a wind instrument; "She blew the horn"
12: provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation [syn:
{fellate}, {go down on}]
13: cause air to go in, on, or through; "Blow my hair dry"
14: cause to move by means of an air current; "The wind blew the
leaves around in the yard"
15: spout moist air from the blowhole; "The whales blew"
16: leave; informal or rude; "shove off!"; "The children shoved
along"; "Blow now!" [syn: {shove off}, {shove along}]
17: lay eggs; "certain insects are said to blow"
18: cause to be revealed and jeopardized; "The story blew their
cover"; "The double agent was blown by the other side"
19: show off [syn: {boast}, {tout}, {swash}, {shoot a line}, {brag},
{gas}, {bluster}, {vaunt}, {gasconade}]
20: allow to regain its breath; "blow a horse"
21: melt, break, or become otherwise unusable; "The lightbulbs
blew out"; "The fuse blew" [syn: {blow out}, {burn out}]
22: burst suddenly; "The tire blew"; "We blew a tire"
[also: {blown}, {blew}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
blown
adjective
1: being moved or acted upon by moving air or vapor; "blown
clouds of dust choked the riders"; "blown soil mounded
on the window sill"
2: (of glass) formed by forcing air into a molten ball; "blown
glass"
3: breathing laboriously or convulsively [syn: {gasping}, {out
of breath(p)}, {panting}, {pursy}, {short-winded}, {winded}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
blown
See {blow}
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]:
Blown \Blown\, p. p. & a.
1. Swollen; inflated; distended; puffed up, as cattle when
gorged with green food which develops gas.
2. Stale; worthless.
3. Out of breath; tired; exhausted. ''Their horses much
blown.'' --Sir W. Scott.
4. Covered with the eggs and larv[ae] of flies; fly blown.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Blown \Blown\, p. p. & a.
Opened; in blossom or having blossomed, as a flower. --Shak.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
38 Moby Thesaurus words for "blown":
blasted, bleak, blighted, despoiled, exposed, flyblown, frowsty,
frowsy, frowy, frowzy, fusty, gamy, high, maggoty, mildewed,
moldering, moldy, moth-eaten, musty, off, rancid, rank, ravaged,
raw, reechy, smutted, smutty, sour, soured, stale, strong, tainted,
turned, weevily, windblown, windswept, worm-eaten, wormy
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