Blow

[bləʊ] or [blo]

Definition

(noun.) forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth; 'he gave his nose a loud blow'; 'he blew out all the candles with a single puff'.

(noun.) a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon; 'a blow on the head'.

(noun.) an impact (as from a collision); 'the bump threw him off the bicycle'.

(verb.) exhale hard; 'blow on the soup to cool it down'.

(verb.) free of obstruction by blowing air through; 'blow one's nose'.

(verb.) burst suddenly; 'The tire blew'; 'We blew a tire'.

(verb.) shape by blowing; 'Blow a glass vase'.

(verb.) cause to be revealed and jeopardized; 'The story blew their cover'; 'The double agent was blown by the other side'.

(verb.) lay eggs; 'certain insects are said to blow'.

(verb.) cause to move by means of an air current; 'The wind blew the leaves around in the yard'.

(verb.) cause air to go in, on, or through; 'Blow my hair dry'.

(verb.) play or sound a wind instrument; 'She blew the horn'.

(verb.) make a sound as if blown; 'The whistle blew'.

(verb.) sound by having air expelled through a tube; 'The trumpets blew'.

(verb.) spend lavishly or wastefully on; 'He blew a lot of money on his new home theater'.

(verb.) be blowing or storming; 'The wind blew from the West'.

(verb.) allow to regain its breath; 'blow a horse'.

(verb.) spout moist air from the blowhole; 'The whales blew'.

Edited by Eva--From WordNet

Definition

(v. i.) To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

(v. t.) To cause to blossom; to put forth (blossoms or flowers).

(n.) A blossom; a flower; also, a state of blossoming; a mass of blossoms.

(n.) A forcible stroke with the hand, fist, or some instrument, as a rod, a club, an ax, or a sword.

(n.) A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.

(n.) The infliction of evil; a sudden calamity; something which produces mental, physical, or financial suffering or loss (esp. when sudden); a buffet.

(v. i.) To produce a current of air; to move, as air, esp. to move rapidly or with power; as, the wind blows.

(v. i.) To send forth a forcible current of air, as from the mouth or from a pair of bellows.

(v. i.) To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.

(v. i.) To sound on being blown into, as a trumpet.

(v. i.) To spout water, etc., from the blowholes, as a whale.

(v. i.) To be carried or moved by the wind; as, the dust blows in from the street.

(v. i.) To talk loudly; to boast; to storm.

(v. t.) To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means; as, to blow the fire.

(v. t.) To drive by a current air; to impel; as, the tempest blew the ship ashore.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) To clear of contents by forcing air through; as, to blow an egg; to blow one's nose.

(v. t.) To burst, shatter, or destroy by an explosion; -- usually with up, down, open, or similar adverb; as, to blow up a building.

(v. t.) To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.

(v. t.) To form by inflation; to swell by injecting air; as, to blow bubbles; to blow glass.

(v. t.) To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.

(v. t.) To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue; as, to blow a horse.

(v. t.) To deposit eggs or larvae upon, or in (meat, etc.).

(n.) A blowing, esp., a violent blowing of the wind; a gale; as, a heavy blow came on, and the ship put back to port.

(n.) 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.

(n.) The spouting of a whale.

(n.) A single heat or operation of the Bessemer converter.

(n.) An egg, or a larva, deposited by a fly on or in flesh, or the act of depositing it.

Checker: Percy

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Stroke, knock, rap, pat, thump, dab, beat.[2]. Calamity, disaster, misfortune, affliction.[3]. Bloom, blossom, flower.[4]. [Low.] Spree, carousal, drinking frolic, BLOW-OUT.

v. n. [1]. Move or flow in currents (as the wind).[2]. Pant, puff, lose breath, breathe hard.[3]. Flower, bloom, blossom.[4]. [Low.] Blab, tell a secret, tell tales, let the cat out of the bag.

v. a. [1]. Drive by the wind.[2]. Force wind upon, direct a current of air upon.

Editor: Rhoda

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Puff, blast, breath, stroke, infliction, wound, disappointment, affliction,knock, shock, calamity, misfortune

ANT:Assuagement, consolation, relief, comfort, blessing, sparing

Typist: Susan

Definition

n. a stroke or knock: a sudden misfortune or calamity.—At a blow by a single action suddenly; To come to blows To exchange blows to come to hostilities; Without striking a blow without a struggle.

v.i. to bloom or blossom:—pr.p. blōw′ing; pa.p. blōwn.

Typist: Lucas

Unserious Contents or Definition

Denotes injury to yourself. If you receive a blow, brain trouble will threaten you. If you defend yourself, a rise in business will follow.

Inputed by Kurt

Examples

Editor: Tracy

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