Found 9 hits - Term: blow, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
blow \blow\, v. i. imp. blew bl=u; p. p. blown
bl=on; p. pr. vb. n. blowing. oe. blawen, blowen,
as. bl=awan to blow, as wind; akin to ohg. pl=ajan, g.
blaumhen, to blow up, swell, l. flare to blow, gr.
'ekflai`nein 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.
1913 webster
hark how it rains and blows --walton.
1913 webster
2. to send forth a forcible current of air, as from the mouth
or from a pair of bellows.
1913 webster
3. to breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
1913 webster
here is mistress page at the door, sweating and
blowing. --shak.
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4. to sound on being blown into, as a trumpet.
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there let the pealing organ blow. --milton.
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5. to spout water, etc., from the blowholes, as a whale.
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6. to be carried or moved by the wind; as, the dust blows in
from the street.
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the grass blows from their graves to thy own. --m.
arnold.
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7. to talk loudly; to boast; to storm. colloq.
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you blow behind my back, but dare not say anything
to my face. --bartlett.
1913 webster
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.
pjc
9. to deflate by sudden loss of air; usually used with out;
-- of inflatable tires.
pjc
to blow hot and cold a saying derived from a fable of
aesop's, 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.
1913 webster
see also:
blew blown blowing to blow hot and cold to blow off to blow out
to blow over to blow up
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
blow \blow\ bl=o, v. i. imp. blew bl=u; p. p. blown
bl=on; p. pr. vb. n. blowing. oe. blowen, as.
bl=owan to blossom; akin to os. bl=ojan, d. bloeijen,
ohg. pluojan, mhg. bl"uejen, g. bl"uhen, l. florere to
flourish, oir. blath blossom. cf. blow to puff,
flourish.
to flower; to blossom; to bloom.
1913 webster
how blows the citron grove. --milton.
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see also:
blew blown blowing blow flourish
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
blow \blow\, v. t.
to cause to blossom; to put forth blossoms or flowers.
1913 webster
the odorous banks, that blow
flowers of more mingled hue. --milton.
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- [4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
blow \blow\, n. bot.
a blossom; a flower; also, a state of blossoming; a mass of
blossoms. "such a blow of tulips." --tatler.
1913 webster
- [5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
blow \blow\, n. oe. blaw, blowe; cf. ohg. bliuwan, pliuwan, to
beat, g. blaumuen, goth. bliggwan.
1. a forcible stroke with the hand, fist, or some instrument,
as a rod, a club, an ax, or a sword.
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well struck there was blow for blow. --shak.
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2. a sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.
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a vigorous blow might win hanno's camp. --t.
arnold.
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3. the infliction of evil; a sudden calamity; something which
produces mental, physical, or financial suffering or loss
esp. when sudden; a buffet.
1913 webster
a most poor man, made tame to fortune's blows.
--shak.
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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.
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syn: stroke; knock; shock; misfortune.
1913 webster
see also:
at a blow to come to blows
- [6] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
blow \blow\, v. t.
1. to force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other
means; as, to blow the fire.
1913 webster
2. to drive by a current air; to impel; as, the tempest blew
the ship ashore.
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off at sea northeast winds blow
sabean odors from the spicy shore. --milton.
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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.
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hath she no husband
that will take pains to blow a horn before her?
--shak.
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boy, blow the pipe until the bubble rise,
then cast it off to float upon the skies. --parnell.
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4. to clear of contents by forcing air through; as, to blow
an egg; to blow one's nose.
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5. to burst, shatter, or destroy by an explosion; -- usually
with up, down, open, or similar adverb; as, to blow up a
building.
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6. to spread by report; to publish; to disclose; to reveal,
intentionally or inadvertently; as, to blow an agent's
cover.
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through the court his courtesy was blown. --dryden.
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his language does his knowledge blow. --whiting.
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7. to form by inflation; to swell by injecting air; as, to
blow bubbles; to blow glass.
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8. to inflate, as with pride; to puff up.
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look how imagination blows him. --shak.
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9. to put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue; as,
to blow a horse. --sir w. scott.
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10. to deposit eggs or larvae upon, or in meat, etc..
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to suffer
the flesh fly blow my mouth. --shak.
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11. to perform an act of fellatio on; to stimulate another's
penis with one's mouth; -- usually considered vulgar.
slang
pjc
12. to smoke e. g. marijuana; to blow pot. colloq.
pjc
13. to botch; to bungle; as, he blew his chance at a good job
by showing up late for the interview. colloq.
pjc
14. to leave; to depart from; as, to blow town. slang
pjc
15. to squander; as, he blew his inheritance gambling.
colloq.
pjc
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.
1913 webster
i have blown him up well -- nobody can say i
wink at what he does. --g. eliot.
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to blow upon.
a to blast; to taint; to bring into discredit; to
render stale, unsavory, or worthless.
b to inform against. colloq.
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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.
1913 webster
a lady's maid whose character had been blown
upon. --macaulay.
1913 webster
see also:
to blow great guns to blow off to blow one's own trumpet to blow out to blow up to blow upon
- [7] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
1913 webster
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.
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3. the spouting of a whale.
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4. metal. a single heat or operation of the bessemer
converter. --raymond.
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5. an egg, or a larva, deposited by a fly on or in flesh, or
the act of depositing it. --chapman.
1913 webster
- [8] : WordNet (r) 2.0
blow
n 1: a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon; "a blow on the
head"
2: an impact as from a collision; "the bump threw him off the
bicycle" syn: bump
3: an unfortunate happening that hinders of impedes; something
that is thwarting or frustrating syn: reverse, reversal,
setback, black eye
4: an unpleasant or disappointing surprise; "it came as a shock
to learn that he was injured" syn: shock
5: a strong current of air; "the tree was bent almost double by
the gust" syn: gust, blast
6: street names for cocaine syn: coke, nose candy, snow,
c
7: forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth; "he gave his
nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a
single puff" syn: puff
v 1: exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down"
2: be blowing or storming; "the wind blew from the west"
3: free of obstruction by blowing air through; "blow one's
nose"
4: 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" syn: float,
drift, be adrift
5: make a sound as if blown; "the whistle blew"
6: shape by blowing; "blow a glass vase"
7: 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" syn: botch, bumble, fumble,
botch up, muff, 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
8: spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "he wasted his inheritance
on his insincere friends"; "you squandered the opportunity
to get and advanced degree" syn: waste, squander
ant: conserve
9: spend lavishly or wastefully on; "he blew a lot of money on
his new home theater"
10: sound by having air expelled through a tube; "the trumpets
blew"
11: play or sound a wind instrument; "she blew the horn"
12: provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation syn:
fellate, go down on
13: cause air to go in, on, or through; "blow my hair dry"
14: cause to move by means of an air current; "the wind blew the
leaves around in the yard"
15: spout moist air from the blowhole; "the whales blew"
16: leave; informal or rude; "shove off"; "the children shoved
along"; "blow now" syn: shove off, shove along
17: lay eggs; "certain insects are said to blow"
18: cause to be revealed and jeopardized; "the story blew their
cover"; "the double agent was blown by the other side"
19: show off syn: boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag,
gas, bluster, vaunt, gasconade
20: allow to regain its breath; "blow a horse"
21: melt, break, or become otherwise unusable; "the lightbulbs
blew out"; "the fuse blew" syn: blow out, burn out
22: burst suddenly; "the tire blew"; "we blew a tire"
also: blown, blew
see also:
bump reverse reversal setback black eye shock
gust blast coke nose candy snow
c puff float drift be adrift
botch bumble fumble botch up muff
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 waste squander conserve
fellate go down on shove off shove along boast
tout swash shoot a line brag gas
bluster vaunt gasconade blow out burn out
blown blew
- [9] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
549 moby thesaurus words for "blow":
barnumize, lucullan feast, accident, accomplished fact,
accomplishment, ache, achievement, aching, act, acta, action,
adventure, amplify, anthesis, astonishment, bafflement, bagpipe,
balk, bang, banquet, bash, bastinado, bat, bay, be in bloom,
be in flower, bean-feast, beano, bear fruit, beat it, beating,
beep, bell, belt, betrayed hope, biff, black squall, blare, blast,
blasted expectation, blat, blighted hope, blizzard, blockbuster,
bloom, blooming, blossom, blossoming, blow, blow a horn,
blow a hurricane, blow great guns, blow off, blow out, blow over,
blow the horn, blow up, blowhard, blowing, blowout, blunder away,
bluster, bobble, bomb, bombast, bombshell, bonk, boot, bop, botch,
box, brag, bray, break, break down, breath, breathe, breathe hard,
breathe in, breathe out, breather, breathing space, breeze,
breeze up, brew, bring to maturity, buffet, bugger up, bugle, bump,
bungle, burgeon, burn out, burst, burst into bloom, bust, calamity,
carillon, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, catch, chop, clarion,
clean out, clear, clear away, clear off, clear out,
clear the decks, clip, clout, clump, cock-a-doodle-doo, collapse,
collision, come to fruition, come up, comedown, concussion,
consume, contretemps, cough, coup, crack, crack up, crack-up,
cramp, crash, crow, cruel disappointment, cuff, cut, cyclone, dash,
dashed hope, dealings, deed, defeat, defecate, depart, deplete,
destroy, detonate, dig, ding, dint, disappointment, disaster,
discomfiture, disillusionment, dissatisfaction, dissipate, distend,
distress, dither, dog it, doing, doings, dolor, doodle,
double-tongue, douse, drain, droop, drop, drop a brick,
drop the ball, drub, drubbing, drumming, duck and run, duck out,
duff, dynamite, earthshaker, effloresce, efflorescence, effort,
eliminate, embroider, emit, empty, empty out, endeavor, enlarge,
enterprise, equinoctial, evacuate, exaggerate, exhale, exhaust,
exit, expand, expel, expire, explode, exploit, extinguish,
eye-opener, failure, faint, fait accompli, fallen countenance, fan,
fatigue, feast, feat, festal board, fiasco, fife, fizzle, flag,
flare up, flaw, floreate, florescence, floret, floriculture,
floscule, flourish, flower, flowerage, floweret, flowering, flub,
fluff, flurry, flute, foiling, fool away, foozle, forlorn hope,
foul up, freshen, fritter, frustration, fuck up, full bloom,
fumble, fume, fusillade, gale, gamble away, gardening, gasconade,
gasp, gather, gest, get away, get off, get tired, give off,
give out, give vent to, go, go through, goof, goof up, grief,
groaning board, grow up, grow weary, gulp, gust, hack, half a gale,
hand, handiwork, hang the expense, heave, heavy blow, hesitate,
hiccup, hit, honk, hope deferred, horticulture, hortorium, huff,
hurricane, hurt, ill hap, ill wind, increase, inflate, inhale,
injury, inspire, jab, jade, jar, job, joker, jolt, kicker, knock,
lam, lavish, lay it on, leave, lesion, let out, letdown, lick,
line squall, line storm, lip, louse up, magnify, maneuver,
maturate, mature, measure, mellow, mess, mess up, mirage,
misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap, mismanage, mouth,
move, muck up, muff, nasty blow, open the floodgates,
open the sluices, operation, overstate, overt act, pain, pang,
pant, passage, passion, peal, pelt, percussion, performance,
peripeteia, peter out, pile it on, pileup, pipe, pipe up, play out,
plug, plunk, poke, pontificate, poop out, posy, pound, prate,
proceeding, production, puff, puff and blow, pull a boner,
pull out, punch, purge, quit, rage, rap, reach its season,
reach maturity, reek, remove, res gestae, respire, respite, retire,
revelation, ripe, ripen, rodomontade, ruffle, run down, run out,
run through, scatter, scour out, scram, screw up, scud,
seize the day, set in, set up, setback, shatter, shilly-shally,
shipwreck, shock, shocker, shoot the shit, short-circuit, shout,
shriek, sigh, sink, skin out, slam, slap, slather, slog, slosh,
slug, smack, smash, smashup, smoke, sneeze, sniff, sniffle, snore,
snort, snuff, snuffle, sock, sore, sore disappointment, sore spot,
sound, sound a tattoo, sound taps, souse, sow broadcast, spasm,
spend, squall, squall line, squander, squeal, staggerer,
staggering blow, stand, startler, steam, step, storm, storm wind,
stormy winds, stress, stress of life, stroke, strong wind, stunt,
succumb, suffering, surprisal, surprise, surprise ending,
surprise package, surprise party, swap, swat, sweep out, swell,
swing, swipe, switch, take a powder, talk big, talk highfalutin,
tantalization, tattoo, tease, tempest, tempestuous wind, ten,
tender spot, thick squall, thing, thing done, throes, throw away,
throw money around, throw off, throw out, thump, thunderbolt,
thunderclap, thundersquall, thwack, tire, token punishment, tongue,
toot, tootle, tornado, tour de force, tragedy, transaction,
trifle away, triple-tongue, tropical cyclone, trumpet, turn,
tweedle, typhoon, ugly wind, unclog, undertaking, unfolding,
unfoldment, unfoul, vacillate, vamoose, vapor, vaunt, vent,
violent blow, void, waft, wallop, waste, weary, welt, whack,
wheeze, whiff, whiffle, whine, whirlwind, whistle, white squall,
whole gale, whomp, whop, wildflower, williwaw, wilt, wind,
wind gust, wind the horn, wind-shift line, windstorm, winnow,
withdraw, work, works, wound, wreck, wrench, yerk
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