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Definition of 'BLOW'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) blow
a sudden, hard stroke with a hand, fist, or weapon.

2.  blow
a sudden shock, calamity, reversal, etc.

3.  blow
a sudden attack or drastic action.

4.  blow
come to blows, to begin to fight, esp. physically.

5. (v.i.) blow
(of the wind or air) to be in motion.

6.  blow
to move along, carried by or as if by the wind.

7.  blow
to produce or emit a current of air, as with the mouth or a bellows.

8.  blow
(of a horn, trumpet, etc.) to give out sound.

9.  blow
to make a blowing sound; whistle:
The sirens blew at noon.

10.  blow
(of horses) to breathe hard or quickly; pant.

11.  blow
to boast; brag.

12.  blow
(of a whale) to spout.

13.  blow
(of a fuse, light bulb, tire, etc.) to stop functioning or be destroyed, as by bursting, exploding, or melting (often fol. by out).

14. (v.t.) blow
to drive by means of a current of air:
A breeze blew dust into my eyes.

15.  blow
to drive a current of air upon.

16.  blow
to clear or empty by forcing air through:
Try blowing your nose.

17.  blow
to shape (glass, smoke, etc.) with a current of air.

18.  blow
to cause to sound, as by a current of air:
to blow a horn.

19.  blow
to cause to explode:
A mine blew the ship to bits.

20.  blow
to cause or undergo the bursting, melting, burning, or disfunctioning of, as by strain or overload (often fol. by out):
to blow a tire.

21.  blow
to cause to fall or collapse by a current of air; topple or demolish (usu. fol. by down, over, etc.):
A windstorm blew down the tent.

22.  blow
to spread or make widely known:
Growing panic blew the rumor about.

23.  blow
to squander; spend quickly or extravagantly:
I blew $100 on dinner.

24.  blow
to treat; bear the expense for:
I'll blow you to a movie.

25.  blow
to mishandle, ruin, or botch; bungle:
You blew your last chance.

26.  blow
to waste or lose:
The team blew the lead in the third quarter.

27.  blow
to damn:
Blow the cost! Well, I'll be blowed!

28.  blow
to put (a horse) out of breath by fatigue.

29.  blow
Slang. to depart from:
to blow town.

30.  blow
Vulgar Slang. to perform fellatio on.

31.  blow
blow away,

32.  blow
to kill, esp. by gunfire.

33.  blow
to defeat decisively; trounce.

34.  blow
to overwhelm with emotion, astonishment, etc.

35.  blow
blow in,

36.  blow
to arrive at a place, esp. unexpectedly.

37.  blow
blow out,

38.  blow
to extinguish or become extinguished.

39.  blow
to lose or cause to lose force or to cease:
The storm has blown itself out.

40.  blow
(of an oil or gas well) to lose oil or gas uncontrollably.

41.  blow
blow over,

42.  blow
to pass away; subside:
The storm blew over in minutes.

43.  blow
to be forgotten:
The scandal will blow over eventually.

44.  blow
blow up,

45.  blow
to explode or cause to explode.

46.  blow
to exaggerate; enlarge.

47.  blow
to lose one's temper.

48.  blow
to fill with air or gas; inflate:
to blow up a balloon.

49.  blow
to distend or become distended; swell.

50.  blow
to make an enlarged reproduction of (a photograph).

51.  blow
to come into being:
A storm suddenly blew up.

52. (n.) blow
a blast of air or wind.

53.  blow
a violent windstorm.

54.  blow
an act of producing a blast of air, as in playing a wind instrument.

55.  blow
blow hot and cold, to favor and then reject something by turns; vacillate.

56.  blow
blow off steam,

57.  blow
to reduce or release tension, as by loud talking.

58.  blow
blow one's cool, to lose one's composure.

59.  blow
blow one's cover, to divulge one's secret identity, esp. inadvertently.

60.  blow
blow one's mind,

61.  blow
to overwhelm one, as with excitement, pleasure, or dismay.

62.  blow
blow one's stack or top, to become enraged; lose one's temper.

63.  blow
blow the lid off, to expose (scandal or illegal actions) to public view.

64. (n.) blow
a display of blossoms.

65.  blow
the state of blossoming:
tulips in full blow.

66. (v.i.) blow
Archaic. to blossom; flower.

Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME; OE blōwan)

Definition of 'BLOW'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) blow
a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon
"a blow on the head"

2. (noun) blow, bump
an impact (as from a collision)
"the bump threw him off the bicycle"

3. (noun) reverse, reversal, setback, blow, black eye
an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating

4. (noun) shock, blow
an unpleasant or disappointing surprise
"it came as a shock to learn that he was injured"

5. (noun) gust, blast, blow
a strong current of air
"the tree was bent almost double by the gust"

6. (noun) coke, blow, nose candy, snow, C
street names for cocaine

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

8. (verb) blow
exhale hard
"blow on the soup to cool it down"

9. (verb) blow
be blowing or storming
"The wind blew from the West"

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

11. (verb) float, drift, be adrift, blow
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"

12. (verb) blow
make a sound as if blown
"The whistle blew"

13. (verb) blow
shape by blowing
"Blow a glass vase"

14. (verb) botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, 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
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"

15. (verb) waste, blow, squander
spend thoughtlessly; throw away
"He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"

16. (verb) blow
spend lavishly or wastefully on
"He blew a lot of money on his new home theater"

17. (verb) blow
sound by having air expelled through a tube
"The trumpets blew"

18. (verb) blow
play or sound a wind instrument
"She blew the horn"

19. (verb) fellate, suck, blow, go down on
provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation

20. (verb) blow
cause air to go in, on, or through
"Blow my hair dry"

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

22. (verb) blow
spout moist air from the blowhole
"The whales blew"

23. (verb) shove off, shove along, blow
leave; informal or rude
"shove off!"; "The children shoved along"; "Blow now!"

24. (verb) blow
lay eggs
"certain insects are said to blow"

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

26. (verb) boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade
show off

27. (verb) blow
allow to regain its breath
"blow a horse"

28. (verb) blow out, burn out, blow
melt, break, or become otherwise unusable
"The lightbulbs blew out"; "The fuse blew"

29. (verb) blow
burst suddenly
"The tire blew"; "We blew a tire"

Definition of 'BLOW'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) blow
(of wind) to move or cause to move
The wind blew all night.; strong winds blowing garbage down the street

2.  blow
to force air out of the mouth to move or fill sth
to blow into the tube; He blew the fly off his arm.

3.  blow
to make a sound by pushing air through an instrument
to blow a whistle; She put the horn to her lips and blew.

4.  blow
to make a mistake and spoil an opportunity
He blew his big chance.; I was so scared I'd blow it.

5.  blow
blow it
(of money) to spend without caution
I'd just blown $300 on a bag.

6.  blow
(of electrical devices) to stop working due to an over-supply of electricity
The fuse had blown.

7.  blow
to supply an electrical device with too much electricity so that it stops working
Lightning hit and blew the electrical system.

8.  blow
blow sb's mind
to make sb feel amazed
The concert blew my mind.

9.  blow
blow your nose
to clear your nose by blowing

10.  blow
blow sth (way) out of proportion
to exaggerate the seriousness of a problem
Calm down. You're blowing this way out of proportion.

11.  blow
blow the whistle on
to say you know sb has done sth wrong; = inform on
He blew the whistle on his bosses' activities.

12. (noun) blow
a shock causing great sadness
Her father's death came as a real blow to her.

13.  blow
a hard hit
to suffer a blow to the head

Definition of 'BLOW'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) BLOW
a blossom; a flower; also, a state of blossoming; a mass of blossoms

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

3. (noun) BLOW
a sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault

4. (noun) BLOW
the infliction of evil; a sudden calamity; something which produces mental, physical, or financial suffering or loss (esp. when sudden); a buffet

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

6. (noun) BLOW
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

7. (noun) BLOW
the spouting of a whale

8. (noun) BLOW
a single heat or operation of the Bessemer converter

9. (noun) BLOW
an egg, or a larva, deposited by a fly on or in flesh, or the act of depositing it

10. (verb) BLOW
to flower; to blossom; to bloom

11. (verb) BLOW
to cause to blossom; to put forth (blossoms or flowers)

12. (verb) BLOW
to produce a current of air; to move, as air, esp. to move rapidly or with power; as, the wind blows

13. (verb) BLOW
to send forth a forcible current of air, as from the mouth or from a pair of bellows

14. (verb) BLOW
to breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff

15. (verb) BLOW
to sound on being blown into, as a trumpet

16. (verb) BLOW
to spout water, etc., from the blowholes, as a whale

17. (verb) BLOW
to be carried or moved by the wind; as, the dust blows in from the street

18. (verb) BLOW
to talk loudly; to boast; to storm

19. (verb) BLOW
to force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means; as, to blow the fire

20. (verb) BLOW
to drive by a current air; to impel; as, the tempest blew the ship ashore

21. (verb) BLOW
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

22. (verb) BLOW
to clear of contents by forcing air through; as, to blow an egg; to blow one's nose

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

24. (verb) BLOW
to spread by report; to publish; to disclose

25. (verb) BLOW
to form by inflation; to swell by injecting air; as, to blow bubbles; to blow glass

26. (verb) BLOW
to inflate, as with pride; to puff up

27. (verb) BLOW
to put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue; as, to blow a horse

28. (verb) BLOW
to deposit eggs or larvae upon, or in (meat, etc.)

Translation of 'BLOW'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a stroke or knock a blow on the head.
Afrikaans: hou	Arabic: ضَرْبَةٌ	Bulgarian: удар
Brazilian: pancada	Czech: rána, úder	German: der Stoß
Danish: slag	Greek: χτύπημα	Spanish: golpe
Estonian: löök	Farsi: ضربه	Finnish: isku
French: coup	Hebrew: מַכָּה	Hindi: चोट
Croatian: udarac	Hungarian: ütés	Indonesian: pukulan
Icelandic: högg	Italian: colpo	Japanese: 強打
Korean: 타격	Lithuanian: smūgis	Latvian: sitiens; trieciens
Malay: hentakan	Dutch: slag	Norwegian: slag, bank
Polish: cios, uderzenie	Persian: ضربه	Pashto: غوړیدل، ضربه
Portuguese: pancada	Romanian: lovitură	Russian: удар
Slovak: úder	Slovenian: udarec	Serbian: udarac
Swedish: slag, stöt	Thai: การตี	Turkish: vuruş, yumruk, darbe
Taiwanese: 一擊	Ukrainian: удар	Urdu: مکہ ، ضرب
Vietnamese: cú đánh	Chinese: 一击
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