BLOW

blow, puff

(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”

blow

(noun) a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon; “a blow on the head”

coke, blow, nose candy, snow

(noun) street names for cocaine

shock, blow

(noun) an unpleasant or disappointing surprise; “it came as a shock to learn that he was injured”

blow, bump

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

reverse, reversal, setback, blow, black eye

(noun) an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating

gust, blast, blow

(noun) a strong current of air; “the tree was bent almost double by the gust”

blow

(verb) exhale hard; “blow on the soup to cool it down”

blow

(verb) free of obstruction by blowing air through; “blow one’s nose”

blow

(verb) burst suddenly; “The tire blew”; “We blew a tire”

blow

(verb) shape by blowing; “Blow a glass vase”

boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade

(verb) show off

blow

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

blow

(verb) lay eggs; “certain insects are said to blow”

float, drift, be adrift, blow

(verb) 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”

blow

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

blow

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

fellate, suck, blow, go down on

(verb) provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation

blow

(verb) play or sound a wind instrument; “She blew the horn”

blow

(verb) make a sound as if blown; “The whistle blew”

blow

(verb) sound by having air expelled through a tube; “The trumpets blew”

blow

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

waste, blow, squander

(verb) spend thoughtlessly; throw away; “He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends”; “You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree”

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

(verb) 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”

suck, blow

(verb) be inadequate or objectionable; “this sucks!”; “this blows!”

blow

(verb) be blowing or storming; “The wind blew from the West”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Verb

blow (third-person singular simple present blows, present participle blowing, simple past blew, past participle blown)

(intransitive) To produce an air current.

(transitive) To propel by an air current.

(intransitive) To be propelled by an air current.

(transitive) To create or shape by blowing; as in to blow bubbles, to blow glass.

To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.

To clear of contents by forcing air through.

(transitive) To cause to make sound by blowing, as a musical instrument.

(intransitive) To make a sound as the result of being blown.

(intransitive, of a cetacean) To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while feeding.

(intransitive) To explode.

(transitive, with "up" or with prep phrase headed by "to") To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed.

(transitive) To cause sudden destruction of.

(intransitive) To suddenly fail destructively.

(intransitive) (used to express displeasure or frustration) Damn.

(intransitive, slang) To be very undesirable. (See also suck.)

(transitive, slang) To recklessly squander.

(transitive, vulgar) To fellate; to perform oral sex on (usually a man)

(transitive, slang) To leave, especially suddenly or in a hurry.

To make flyblown, to defile, especially with fly eggs.

(obsolete) To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.

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

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

(transitive) To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.

(obsolete) To talk loudly; to boast; to storm.

(slang, informal, African-American Vernacular) To sing

(Scientology, intransitive) To leave the Church of Scientology in an unauthorized manner.

Noun

blow (plural blows)

A strong wind.

(informal) A chance to catch one’s breath.

(uncountable, US, slang) Cocaine.

(uncountable, UK, slang) Cannabis.

(uncountable, US Chicago Regional, slang) Heroin.

Synonyms

• (cocaine): snow

Etymology 2

Adjective

blow (comparative blower or more blow, superlative blowest or most blow)

(now, chiefly, dialectal, Northern England) Blue.

Etymology 3

Noun

blow (plural blows)

The act of striking or hitting.

Synonyms: bace, strike, hit, punch

A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.

A damaging occurrence.

Synonyms: disaster, calamity

Etymology 4

Verb

blow (third-person singular simple present blows, present participle blowing, simple past blew, past participle blown)

To blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom.

Noun

blow (plural blows)

A mass or display of flowers; a yield.

A display of anything brilliant or bright.

A bloom, state of flowering.

Anagrams

• bowl

Proper noun

Blow (plural Blows)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Blow is the 9100^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3590 individuals. Blow is most common among White (54.21%) and Black/African American (40.31%) individuals.

Anagrams

• bowl

Source: Wiktionary

Blow, v. i. [imp. Blew; p. p. Blown; p. pr. & vb. n. Blowing.] Etym: [OE. blowen, AS. bl to blossom; akin to OS. bl, D. bloeijen, OHG. pluojan, MHG. bl, G. blühen, L. florere to flourish, OIr. blath blossom. Cf. Blow to puff, Flourish.]

Definition: To flower; to blossom; to bloom. How blows the citron grove. Milton.

Blow, v. t.

Definition: To cause to blossom; to put forth (blossoms or flowers). The odorous banks, that blow Flowers of more mingled hue. Milton.

Blow, n. (Bot.)

Definition: A blossom; a flower; also, a state of blossoming; a mass of blossoms. "Such a blow of tulips." Tatler.

Blow, n. Etym: [OE. blaw, blowe; cf. OHG. bliuwan, pliuwan, to beat, G. bläuen, Goth. bliggwan.]

1. A forcible stroke with the hand, fist, or some instrument, as a rod, a club, an ax, or a sword. Well struck ! there was blow for blow. Shak.

2. A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault. A vigorous blow might win [Hanno's camp]. T. Arnold.

3. The infliction of evil; a sudden calamity; something which produces mental, physical, or financial suffering or loss (esp. when sudden); a buffet. A most poor man, made tame to fortune's blows. Shak. At a blow, suddenly; at one effort; by a single vigorous act. "They lose a province at a blow." Dryden.

– To come to blows, to engage in combat; to fight; -- said of individuals, armies, and nations.

Syn.

– Stroke; knock; shock; misfortune.

Blow, v. i. [imp. Blew; p. p. Blown; p. pr. & vb. n. Blowing.] Etym: [OE. blawen, blowen, AS. bl to blow, as wind; akin to OHG. pl, G. blähen, to blow up, swell, L. flare to blow, Gr. to spout out, and to E. bladder, blast, inflate, etc., and perh. blow to bloom.]

1. To produce a current of air; to move, as air, esp. to move rapidly or with power; as, the wind blows. Hark how it rains and blows ! Walton.

2. To send forth a forcible current of air, as from the mouth or from a pair of bellows.

3. To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff. Here is Mistress Page at the door, sweating and blowing. Shak.

4. To sound on being blown into, as a trumpet. There let the pealing organ blow. Milton.

5. To spout water, etc., from the blowholes, as a whale.

6. To be carried or moved by the wind; as, the dust blows in from the street. The grass blows from their graves to thy own. M. Arnold.

7. To talk loudly; to boast; to storm. [Colloq.] You blow behind my back, but dare not say anything to my face. Bartlett. To blow hot and cold Etym: (a saying derived from a fable of , to favor a thing at one time and treat it coldly at another; or to appear both to favor and to oppose.

– To blow off, to let steam escape through a passage provided for the purpose; as, the engine or steamer is blowing off.

– To blow out. (a) To be driven out by the expansive force of a gas or vapor; as, a steam cock or valve sometimes blows out. (b) To talk violently or abusively. [Low] -- To blow over, to pass away without effect; to cease, or be dissipated; as, the storm and the clouds have blown over.

– To blow up, to be torn to pieces and thrown into the air as by an explosion of powder or gas or the expansive force of steam; to burst; to explode; as, a powder mill or steam boiler blows up. "The enemy's magazines blew up." Tatler.

Blow, v. t.

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

2. To drive by a current air; to impel; as, the tempest blew the ship ashore. Off at sea northeast winds blow Sabean odors from the spicy shore. Milton.

3. 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. Hath she no husband That will take pains to blow a horn before her Shak. Boy, blow the pipe until the bubble rise, Then cast it off to float upon the skies. Parnell.

4. To clear of contents by forcing air through; as, to blow an egg; to blow one's nose.

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

6. To spread by report; to publish; to disclose. Through the court his courtesy was blown. Dryden. His language does his knowledge blow. Whiting.

7. To form by inflation; to swell by injecting air; as, to blow bubbles; to blow glass.

8. To inflate, as with pride; to puff up. Look how imagination blows him. Shak.

9. To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue; as, to blow a horse. Sir W. Scott.

10. To deposit eggs or larvæ upon, or in (meat, etc.). To suffer The flesh fly blow my mouth. Shak. To blow great guns, to blow furiously and with roaring blasts; -- said of the wind at sea or along the coast.

– To blow off, to empty (a boiler) of water through the blow-off pipe, while under steam pressure; also, to eject (steam, water, sediment, etc.) from a boiler.

– To blow one's own trumpet, to vaunt one's own exploits, or sound one's own praises.

– To blow out, to extinguish by a current of air, as a candle.

– To blow up. (a) To fill with air; to swell; as, to blow up a bladder or bubble. (b) To inflate, as with pride, self-conceit, etc.; to puff up; as, to blow one up with flattery. "Blown up with high conceits engendering pride." Milton. (c) To excite; as, to blow up a contention.(d) To burst, to raise into the air, or to scatter, by an explosion; as, to blow up a fort. (e) To scold violently; as, to blow up a person for some offense. [Colloq.] I have blown him up well -- nobody can say I wink at what he does. G. Eliot. To blow upon. (a) To blast; to taint; to bring into discredit; to render stale, unsavory, or worthless. (b) To inform against. [Colloq.] How far the very custom of hearing anything spouted withers and blows upon a fine passage, may be seen in those speeches from [Shakespeare's] Henry V. which are current in the mouths of schoolboys. C. Lamb. A lady's maid whose character had been blown upon. Macaulay.

Blow, n.

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

2. 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.

3. The spouting of a whale.

4. (Metal.)

Definition: A single heat or operation of the Bessemer converter. Raymond.

5. An egg, or a larva, deposited by a fly on or in flesh, or the act of depositing it. Chapman.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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