Blown
[bləʊn] or [blon]
Definition
(adj.) breathing laboriously or convulsively .
(adj.) being moved or acted upon by moving air or vapor; 'blown clouds of dust choked the riders'; 'blown soil mounded on the window sill' .
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Definition
(p. p.) of Blow
(p. p.) of Blow
(p. p. & a.) Swollen; inflated; distended; puffed up, as cattle when gorged with green food which develops gas.
(p. p. & a.) Stale; worthless.
(p. p. & a.) Out of breath; tired; exhausted.
(p. p. & a.) Covered with the eggs and larvae of flies; fly blown.
(p. p. & a.) Opened; in blossom or having blossomed, as a flower.
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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.
- 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.
- It had been a bitter day, and a cutting north-east wind had blown for some time. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- You will kill them all off and not even get your bridge blown if you have nothing better than what you have now. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Locusts are sometimes blown to great distances from the land. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- It is possible with the bridge blown correctly. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- She ran off a few steps, like a blown leaf along the ground, then crouched unobtrusively, in submissive, wild patience. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- In that case the overcoat was not blown against the furze-bush, but placed there. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Across the road at the sawmill smoke was coming out of the chimney and Anselmo could smell it blown toward him through the snow. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- For my part, I think the less that is said about such things, the better, the sooner 'tis blown over and forgot. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- The brig was blown up in the presence of an immense throng, and Fulton finally sold his invention to the British government for $75,000. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This was especially apt to be the case after a rain, or when the grain had been badly blown about by the wind. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I wish he had let it off, says the benevolent old man, and blown his head into as many pieces as he owed pounds! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Miss Havisham, said I, I went to Richmond yesterday, to speak to Estella; and finding that some wind had blown her here, I followed. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Why haven't they blown the bridge up? Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Thy bridge is blown, _Ingl閟_, Pilar looked at him. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The social gales of 1848 had blown, and, it seemed, blown themselves out. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- By this means, when an explosion does occur, much less damage is done, for the lighter part only is blown away, which does little injury. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Permit them not to become full-blown. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- When she was in a high wind her light body was blown against trees and banks like a heron's. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Edith came down upon her feet a little bit sadder; with a romance blown to pieces. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Many of the prisoners were caught after the train was blown up but I was not. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- A hawk was blown off, also. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He said there was so much dirt blown into the wound that there had not been much hemorrhage. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Well blown and clearly, said the yeoman; beshrew me an thou knowest not as much of woodcraft as of war! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- My father's yacht may well have been blown to the north, and there met by Captain Peter Carey's ship. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- No banners, cousin, to be 'blown by the night wind of heaven. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
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