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blow
I. \ˈblō\ verb
(blew \ˈblü\ ; or dialect blowed \ˈblōd\ ; blown \ˈblōn\ ; or dialect blowed ; blowing ; blows)
Etymology: Middle English blowen, from Old English blāwan; akin to Old High German blāen to blow, inflate, Latin flare to blow, follis bellows, Greek phallos penis, Sanskrit bhāṇḍa pot; basic meaning: to swell
intransitive verb
1. of air or air currents : to move with speed or force
< the wind blew in gusts >
— often used with it as an impersonal nominative
< let it blow, we're snug and warm >
2.
a. : to produce a current of air (as by expelling it forcibly from the lungs through the mouth)
< never blow on your soup to cool it >
b. : to drive air or other gas
< the fan is blowing on my neck >
c. : to escape (as of natural gas or oil) from a region of high pressure
3.
a. : to make a sound by or as if by blowing : hiss, whistle, toot
< the train blew for the crossing >
b. : to play a wind instrument; also slang : to play jazz on any instrument
c. of a wind instrument : sound
< there let the pealing organ blow — John Milton >
d. of an animal : snort
< the horse stood stamping and blowing restlessly in the cold >
4.
a. : to talk emptily : boast
< he kept us awake half the night blowing about his family >
b. : storm, bluster, fulminate; also : to be or become enraged : blow up
< when he heard what they had done he really blew >
5.
a. : to breathe hard or rapidly : pant, puff, gasp
< my, those stairs make me blow >
b. of whales and other cetaceans : to eject moisture-laden air from the lungs through the blowhole
6. obsolete, of flies : to lay eggs
7.
a. : to move or be carried by or as if by wind
< the echo of a lost world blows through her sparkling prose — Beatrice Washburn >
< the soil is blowing badly all along the hedge >
b. : to flutter, billow, or flap in a current of air
< curtains blowing out the open window >
: be carried by the wind
< the kite blew away >
8. : to be damaged in a manner involving swelling or expansion:
a. : to become destroyed by explosion : explode
< if this old blunderbuss doesn't blow we may have duck for dinner >
b. of cement : to swell and crack due to imperfect preparation and curing
c. of foods : to become swollen by the products of abnormal fermentation
< certain bacteria cause cheeses to blow >
d. of an electrical fuse : to melt when overloaded
< an overloaded outlet often causes fuses to blow >
e. of a pneumatic tire : to release its air through a spontaneous rupture : blow out
f. of pottery : to blow apart from too rapid heating in the kiln
g. of paper : to blister especially from air entrapped between the wet sheet and the felt or from too sudden drying on the cylinder; also of paperboard : to blister from air entrapped between two piles
9. slang : to move off : clear out : depart
< blow now, nobody wants the likes of you around here >
10. of a horse or mule : to pause for breath
< let the mare blow at the end of the furrow >
transitive verb
1.
a. : to drive (gas or vapor) from a region of greater to a region of lower pressure
< use the bellows to blow air on the forge >
specifically : to eject (breathed air) from the lungs during normal or forced exhalation
< don't blow your breath in my face >
b. : to set (gas or vapor) in motion (as by the action of a fan)
< the fan blew the hot air about our heads >
c. : to force a current of gas or vapor upon, through, or into, usually to produce a particular effect (as of warming, cooling, drying)
< come on out, let the breeze blow your hair dry >
< blow the fire into a good blaze >
< oil being blown with air and oxygen >
d.
(1) : to force air through (molten metal) to refine (as in a Bessemer or other converter)
(2) : to force air into (a blast furnace) to support the combustion of coke
2.
a. : to play on (a wind instrument); also slang : to play jazz on (any instrument)
b. : to sound a signal for (as an assault or retreat) on a wind instrument
c. : to sound (as a note or blast) on or with a wind instrument
d. of a wind instrument : sound
e. : to direct (hunting dogs) with the sound of a horn
f. : to play (jazz) on an instrument
3.
a. : to spread by report : noise abroad : make public : disclose
< through the court his courtesy was blown — John Dryden >
— now usually used with about or abroad
< they have blown all sorts of silly rumors about >
b. obsolete : to give utterance to : utter — used especially of emotional expression
c. archaic : to inform against (a person) or inform a person of (as an act or secret) : betray — formerly used with up; now only in the phrase blow the gaff
d. : darn, damn, blast
< blow it, my watch has stopped >
often : pay no attention to : put aside from consideration : ignore, disregard
< blow the expense >
< risk be blowed >
4.
a. : to drive, activate, or act upon with a current of gas or vapor
< the storm blew the boat aground >
b. : to clear of contents by the passage of such a current:
(1) : to free (the nose) of mucus and debris by forcible exhalation
(2) : to empty (an egg) by forcing out the contents through one small hole with a current of air introduced through another small hole
(3) : to expel (the contents of a wood-pulp digester) by relief of pressure at the completion of a cook
5.
a. : to distend with or as if with gas : blow up : bloat
< his face blown out like a bladder >
< small boys blowing their balloons >
b. obsolete : to puff up with pride
< look how imagination blows him — Shakespeare >
c. : to expand and shape (glass) by the action of injected air
d. : to produce or shape (as a glass vessel) by the action of blown or injected air
< blowing iridescent soap bubbles >
< the wind blew a hollow on the edge of the dune >
6. of insects : to deposit eggs or larvae on or in — now used only of blowflies and flesh flies
< wounds blown by flies often healed faster than supposedly clean wounds >
7. : to shatter, burst, or destroy by explosion — used commonly with out, in, or up
< be ready to charge when we blow in the gate >
or with phrases expressing degree of damage
< they were blown to bits >
8.
a. : to put out of breath : cause to pant with fatigue
< take it easy on the hills or you'll blow your horse >
b. : to let (as a horse) pause to catch the breath — often used with out
c. of a saddle horse : to keep the chest of expanded by holding the breath while being girthed — used with out
< the stud frequently blew himself out >
9.
a. : to spend (money) recklessly or extravagantly : squander
< he blew his pay at the gambling tables >
b. : to treat with unusual or lavish expenditure — used with to
< come on, I'll blow you to a steak >
< I may live on beans for a month, but I'm going to blow myself to a really good handbag now >
10. : to cause (a fuse) to blow
11. : to rupture (as a seal or cover) by too much pressure
< the engine blew a head gasket >
12. slang : to lose control of (a winning position) : toss away : misplay, muff
< two chances to win and he blew them both >
< blow an easy putt >
13. : to leave especially hurriedly
< he blew town after running up huge bills >
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- blow a fuse
- blow great guns
- blow hot and cold
- blow into
- blow one's horn
- blow one's lines
- blow one's top
- blow the lid
- blow the whistle
- blow upon
II. noun
(-s)
1. : a blowing of wind especially when strong or violent : windstorm, gale
< recurrent blows sweep the coastal islands bare >
2. : the act of certain insects of depositing eggs or larvae; sometimes : a larva so deposited (as in a wound) — used chiefly of blowflies and flesh flies
3.
a. : boasting, brag
b. slang : boaster
4.
a. : an act or instance of forcing air through or from some instrument
< give the fire a blow with the bellows >
< a single loud blow of his horn >
b. : forcible ejection of air from the body (as in freeing the nose of mucus and debris)
< Junior, give your nose a good blow before we start >
5. : the spouting of a whale
6.
a. : a short rest : breathing spell, breather
b. : a brief stop (of a horse) for rest
7.
a. : parison
b. : the vacuity in the stem of certain blown-glass vessels
8. : huff 5
9. slang : a social affair; especially : blowout, binge, spree
10. : bloat 2 — usually plural but sing. or plural in constr.
11.
a. : a leak in the packing of a valve or cylinder (as of a steam locomotive)
b. : the failure of a cofferdam or dike causing a sudden inrush of water through or under the structure
12. : blowhole
13.
a. : the period in the manufacture of water gas in which a blast of air is admitted to the ignited fuel bed for heating the bed by combustion before the run
b. : the blowing of gas from an open well
c.
(1) : the blast of air forced through molten metal to refine it (as in a Bessemer or other converter)
(2) : the time during which air is being forced through molten metal to refine it
(3) : the quantity of metal refined during that time
III. verb
(blew ; blown or obs blowe ; blowing ; blows)
Etymology: Middle English blowen, from Old English blōwan; akin to Old High German bluoen to bloom, Latin florēre to bloom, flos flower, folium leaf, Greek phyllon
intransitive verb
: flower, blossom, bloom
< I know a bank where the wild thyme blows — Shakespeare >
transitive verb
1. archaic : to cause to blossom
2. obsolete : to put forth (blossoms or flowers)
< banks that blow flowers — John Milton >
IV. noun
(-s)
1.
a. : a display of flowers
< the south border made a fine blow this spring >
b. : bloom II 1b — used chiefly in the phrases in blow, in full blow
< the old lilac by the fence is in full blow >
c. archaic : an individual flower
2. : full and perfect development : bloom II 2b
3.
a. : blossom 4
b. : blowout 8
V. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English (northern dialect) blaw; perhaps akin to Old High German bliuwan to beat, Old Norse blegthi wedge, Gothic bliggwan to beat, Old English bealu evil — more at bale
1.
a. : a forcible stroke delivered with a part of the body (as the fist or head) or with an instrument (as a hammer) : buffet, punch, slap
b. Australia : a single stroke in shearing sheep
c. slang : base hit
2. : a hostile act or state : combat, fighting — usually used in plural and used especially in the phrase come to blows
< nations like small boys have come to blows over the most trivial issues >
3. : a forcible, determined, or sudden and unexpected act or effort : impact, assault
< such a language … would solve many of his … difficulties at a single blow — Edward Sapir >
< shall we not support the downtrodden in their blow for freedom >
4. : a severe and usually sudden misfortune or calamity
< hail at this season was like a blow from heaven >
: something that suddenly or unexpectedly produces mental, physical, or financial suffering or loss
< the loss of her husband was a blow from which she never recovered >
5. sports : misplay; specifically : failure to bowl a spare when no split exists
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- at a blow
VI. transitive verb
1. : fellate herein — usually considered vulgar
2. : smoke
< a few had started blowing grass in their early teens — Daniel Greene >
3. : to defeat decisively
< has simply blown competitors from the field — Roger Sale >
4. : to move quickly
< blow past him in the final yards >
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- blow one's cool
- blow one's cover
- blow one's mind
- blow out of the water
VII. noun
Etymology: perhaps from blow (V)
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