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
street names for cocaine

Noun
an unpleasant or disappointing surprise; "it came as a shock to learn that he was injured"

Noun
an impact (as from a collision); "the bump threw him off the bicycle"

Noun
an unfortunate happening that hinders of impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating

Noun
a strong current of air; "the tree was bent almost double by the gust"

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
melt, break, or become otherwise unusable; "The lightbulbs blew out"; "The fuse blew"

Verb
shape by blowing; "Blow a glass vase"

Verb
allow to regain its breath; "blow a horse"

Verb
show off

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
leave; informal or rude; "shove off!"; "The children shoved along"; "Blow now!"

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"

Verb
spout moist air from the blowhole; "The whales blew"

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
provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation

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
spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"

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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"

Verb
be blowing or storming; "The wind blew from the West"

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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.

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Blow

Blow , v. i. [imp. Blew ; p. p. Blown ; p. pr. & vb. n. Blowing.] [OE. blowen, AS. blwan to blossom; akin to OS. bljan, D. bloeijen, OHG. pluojan, MHG. blejen, G. bl'81hen, L. florere to flourish, OIr. blath blossom. Cf. Blow to puff, Flourish.] To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

How blows the citron grove.

Blow

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

The odorous banks, that blow Flowers of more mingled hue.

Blow

Blow, n. (Bot.) A blossom; a flower; also, a state of blossoming; a mass of blossoms. "Such a blow of tulips." Tatler.

Blow

Blow, n. [OE. blaw, blowe; cf. OHG. bliuwan, pliuwan, to beat, G. bl'84uen, 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.

2. A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.

A vigorous blow might win [Hanno's camp].

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.

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

Blow, v. i. [imp. Blew ; p. p. Blown ; p. pr. & vb. n. Blowing.] [OE. blawen, blowen, AS. blwan to blow, as wind; akin to OHG. pljan, G. bl'84hen, 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 !

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.

4. To sound on being blown into, as a trumpet.

There let the pealing organ blow.

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.

7. To talk loudly; to boast; to storm. [Colloq.]

You blow behind my back, but dare not say anything to my face.

To blow hot and cold (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

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.

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?

Boy, blow the pipe until the bubble rise, Then cast it off to float upon the skies.

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.

His language does his knowledge blow.

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.

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 larv'91 upon, or in (meat, etc.).

To suffer The flesh fly blow my mouth.

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.

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.

A lady's maid whose character had been blown upon.

Blow

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.) 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.

To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

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

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

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

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

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

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