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What (who) is blow - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
BLOW; Blow (Album); Blow (album); Blown; Blow (disambiguation); Blow (song)
blow
I
n.
1) to deal, deliver, strike a blow (he dealt us a severe blow)
2) to heap, rain blows on smb.
3) to come to blows; to exchange blows
4) to take a blow (the boxer took several blows to the head)
5) to cushion; deflect, parry, ward off; dodge a blow
6) a body; crushing, hard, heavy, powerful, resounding, severe, staggering, telling; decisive; fatal, mortal; glancing, light blow
7) indiscriminate blows (to rain indiscriminate blows on one's victims)
8) a low ('illegal') blow (also fig.)
9) an exchange of blows
10) a blow against, at (to strike a blow against poverty)
11) a blow for (to strike a blow for freedom)
12) a blow on, to (a blow on the head; he took a blow to the chin; a blow to one's hopes)
13) under blows (to reel under crushing blows)
II
v.
1) to blow hard (the wind was blowing hard)
2) (A; usu. without to) she blew him a kiss
3) (D; intr.) to blow on (blow on the soup; it's too hot)
4) (misc.) (slang) he blew ('came') into town
Blow
·noun The spouting of a whale.
II. Blow ·vt To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.
III. Blow ·vi To sound on being blown into, as a trumpet.
IV. Blow ·vt To deposit eggs or larvae upon, or in (meat, ·etc. ).
V. Blow ·noun A single heat or operation of the Bessemer converter.
VI. Blow ·vi To spout water, ·etc., from the blowholes, as a whale.
VII. Blow ·vt To cause to blossom; to put forth (blossoms or flowers).
VIII. Blow ·noun A sudden or forcible act or effort; an Assault.
IX. Blow ·noun A blossom; a flower; also, a state of blossoming; a mass of blossoms.
X. Blow ·vt To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue; as, to blow a horse.
XI. Blow ·vi To be carried or moved by the wind; as, the dust blows in from the street.
XIII. Blow ·noun An egg, or a larva, deposited by a fly on or in flesh, or the act of depositing it.
XIV. Blow ·vt To clear of contents by forcing air through; as, to blow an egg; to blow one's nose.
XV. Blow ·vt To form by inflation; to swell by injecting air; as, to blow bubbles; to blow glass.
XVI. Blow ·vi To send forth a forcible current of air, as from the mouth or from a pair of bellows.
XVIII. Blow ·vt To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means; as, to blow the fire.
XX. Blow ·noun A forcible stroke with the hand, fist, or some instrument, as a rod, a club, an ax, or a sword.
XXI. Blow ·vt To drive by a current air; to Impel; as, the tempest blew the ship ashore.
XXIII. Blow ·vi To produce a current of air; to move, as air, ·esp. to move rapidly or with power; as, the wind blows.
XXIV. Blow ·noun A blowing, ·esp., a violent blowing of the wind; a gale; as, a heavy blow came on, and the ship put back to port.
XXV. Blow ·vt To burst, shatter, or destroy by an explosion;
- usually with up, down, open, or similar adverb; as, to blow up a building.
XXVI. Blow ·noun The infliction of evil; a sudden calamity; something which produces mental, physical, or financial suffering or loss (·esp. when sudden); a buffet.
XXVII. Blow ·noun 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.
XXVIII. Blow ·vt 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.
blow
I. VERB USES
(blows, blowing, blew, blown)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
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1.
When a wind or breeze blows, the air moves.
We woke to find a gale blowing outside.
VERB: V
2.
If the wind blows something somewhere or if it blows there, the wind moves it there.
Strong winds blew away most of the dust...
Her cap fell off in the street and blew away...
The bushes and trees were blowing in the wind.
VERB: V n with adv, V adv/prep, V, also V n prep
3.
If you blow, you send out a stream of air from your mouth.
Danny rubbed his arms and blew on his fingers to warm them...
Take a deep breath and blow.
VERB: V prep/adv, V
4.
If you blow something somewhere, you move it by sending out a stream of air from your mouth.
He picked up his mug and blew off the steam.
VERB: V n with adv, also V n prep
5.
If you blow bubbles or smoke rings, you make them by blowing air out of your mouth through liquid or smoke.
He blew a ring of blue smoke.
VERB: V n
6.
When a whistle or horn blows or someone blows it, they make a sound by blowing into it.
The whistle blew and the train slid forward...
A guard was blowing his whistle.
VERB: V, V n
7.
When you blow your nose, you force air out of it through your nostrils in order to clear it.
He took out a handkerchief and blew his nose.
VERB: V n
8.
To blow something out, off, or away means to remove or destroy it violently with an explosion.
The can exploded, wrecking the kitchen and bathroom and blowing out windows...
Rival gunmen blew the city to bits.
VERB: V n with adv, V n prep
9.
If you say that something blows an event, situation, or argument into a particular extreme state, especially an uncertain or unpleasant state, you mean that it causes it to be in that state.
Someone took an inappropriate use of words on my part and tried to blow it into a major controversy.
VERB: V n prep
10.
If you blow a large amount of money, you spend it quickly on luxuries. (INFORMAL)
My brother lent me some money and I went and blew the lot.
VERB: V n
11.
If you blow a chance or attempt to do something, you make a mistake which wastes the chance or causes the attempt to fail. (INFORMAL)
He has almost certainly blown his chance of touring India this winter.
...the high-risk world of real estate, where one careless word could blow a whole deal...
Oh you fool! You've blown it!
VERB: V n, V n, V it
12.
II. NOUN USES
(blows)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If someone receives a blow, they are hit with a fist or weapon.
He went off to hospital after a blow to the face.
N-COUNT: oft N to/on n
2.
If something that happens is a blow to someone or something, it is very upsetting, disappointing, or damaging to them.
That ruling comes as a blow to environmentalists...
His death dealt a severe blow to the army's morale.
N-COUNT: oft N to n
3.
If two people or groups come to blows, they start fighting.
The representatives almost came to blows at a meeting.
PHRASE: V inflects
Wikipedia
Blow
Blow commonly refers to:
- Cocaine
- Exhalation
- Strike (attack)
Blow, Blew, Blowing, or Blown may also refer to:
Examples of use of blow
1. Likud candidate Reuven Rivlin is taking blow after blow.
2. Investigation after investigation, blow after blow, drop after drop – just like Chinese water torture.
3. Do we really want a blow by blow account of what they eat and drink?
4. "SERIOUS BLOW" "This is a serious blow for the Taliban," Mashal said.
5. We reject the logic of war, of returning a blow for a blow.