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Definition of Blow
Pronunciation: blū | v. i. | 1. | To flower; to blossom; to bloom. | | v. t. | 1. | To cause to blossom; to put forth (blossoms or flowers). | | n. | 1. | (Bot.) A blossom; a flower; also, a state of blossoming; a mass of blossoms. | | 1. | A forcible stroke with the hand, fist, or some instrument, as a rod, a club, an ax, or a sword. | | 2. | A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault. | | 3. | The infliction of evil; a sudden calamity; something which produces mental, physical, or financial suffering or loss (esp. when sudden); a buffet. | | v. i. | 1. | To produce a current of air; to move, as air, esp. to move rapidly or with power; as, the wind 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. | | 4. | To sound on being blown into, as a trumpet. | | 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. | | 7. | To talk loudly; to boast; to storm. | | 8. | To stop functioning due to a failure in an electrical circuit, especially on which breaks the circuit; sometimes used with out; - used of light bulbs, electronic components, fuses; as, the dome light in the car blew out. | | 9. | To deflate by sudden loss of air; usually used with out; - of inflatable tires. | | 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. | | 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; to blow a horn. | | 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; to reveal, intentionally or inadvertently; as, to blow an agent's cover. | | 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. | | 9. | To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue; as, to blow a horse. | | 10. | To deposit eggs or larvæ upon, or in (meat, etc.). | | 11. | To perform an act of fellatio on; to stimulate another's penis with one's mouth; - usually considered vulgar. | | 12. | to smoke (e. g. marijuana); to blow pot. | | 13. | to botch; to bungle; as, he blew his chance at a good job by showing up late for the interview. | | 14. | to leave; to depart from; as, to blow town. | | 15. | to squander; as, he blew his inheritance gambling.| 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. | | c - | To excite; as, to blow up a contention. - Milton. | | 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. |
| | 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. | | 5. | An egg, or a larva, deposited by a fly on or in flesh, or the act of depositing it. |
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