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
- He knew how to blow any sort of bridge that you could name and he had blown them of all sizes and constructions. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Thou wilt blow no bridge here. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- On a night like this it would be nothing to take the posts and blow the bridge and it would all be over and done with. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Blow it if thou needest to. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- So they might hope to strike down France at one blow, and deal at their leisure with Russia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She blew long enough to show that the sand had all slipped through. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I took off the kettle and blew out the lamp, for the water was spurting over the floor. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The snow blew in our faces so we could hardly see. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- It was Pablo who blew up the train at Arevalo, Anselmo said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- But I remember with the blowing of the train the lamp of the engine blew by over my head and pieces of steel flew by like swallows. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He knew how to blow any sort of bridge that you could name and he had blown them of all sizes and constructions. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- As it was, she merely stipulated, If you bring the boy back with his head blown to bits by a musket, don't look to me to put it together again. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- You will kill off Pilar, Anselmo, Agustín, Primitivo, this jumpy Eladio, the worthless gypsy and old Fernando, and you won't get your bridge blown. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Otherwise the fumes of powder could not have been blown so rapidly through the house. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Thus the pass will be closed up, sealing the pirates up in the crater, so if the volcano does burst out, they will be blown to pieces. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Why, I reckon she _is_ tol'able fair, said Haley, blowing the smoke out of his mouth. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- We found the ship in the river, surrounded by a crowd of boats; a favourable wind blowing; the signal for sailing at her mast-head. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- But I remember with the blowing of the train the lamp of the engine blew by over my head and pieces of steel flew by like swallows. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- They smelted iron by blowing up a charcoal fire, and wrought it by heating and hammering. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- When daylight came the storm was still blowing but the snow had stopped. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Knife-edge girdle diamonds are impractical owing to the liability of chipping the thin edge in setting or by blows while being worn. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They smell less if one blows them out, she explained, with her bright housekeeping air. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- But the blows fell now only on the outer man, and not, as before, on the heart. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The wind blows about the sands of the desert; the position of the grains is changed. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- In 1805 two fatal blows were struck at any hope he may have entertained of ultimate victory, by the British Admirals Calder and Nelson. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Blowed if the gen'lm'n worn't a-gettin' up on the wrong side,' whispered a grinning post-boy to the inexpressibly gratified waiter. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Mister be blowed! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Holiday he blowed! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Tills be blowed! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Why, what evil wind has blowed you here? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
Editor: Tracy