Found 1 hit - Term: to blow upon, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : 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.
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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
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12. to smoke e. g. marijuana; to blow pot. colloq.
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13. to botch; to bungle; as, he blew his chance at a good job
by showing up late for the interview. colloq.
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14. to leave; to depart from; as, to blow town. slang
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15. to squander; as, he blew his inheritance gambling.
colloq.
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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.
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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.
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a lady's maid whose character had been blown
upon. --macaulay.
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see also:
to blow great guns to blow off to blow one's own trumpet to blow out to blow up to blow upon
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