blowing up

Significat (Anglès)

Verb

present participle and gerund of blow up

Noun

Explosion.

blow up

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blow, up.
2. (also, figuratively, intransitive) To explode or be destroyed by explosion.
3. (also, figuratively, transitive) To cause (something or someone) to explode, or to destroy (something) or maim or kill (someone) by means of an explosion.
4. (transitive) To inflate or fill with air, either by literally blowing or by using a pump.
5. (transitive) To enlarge or zoom in on.
6. (intransitive) To fail disastrously.
7. (intransitive) To increase without bound as a function argument or parameter approaches a certain value; to tend toward infinity; to approach infinity as a limit.
8. (intransitive, slang) To become popular very quickly.
9. (intransitive, slang) To suddenly get very angry, to lose one's temper.
10. (intransitive, slang) To become much more fat or rotund in a short space of time.
11. (dated, transitive) To inflate, as with pride, self-conceit, etc.; to puff up.
12. (dated, transitive) To excite.
13. (dated, transitive) To scold violently, blow up at.
14. To blow the whistle.
15. (intransitive) To succumb to oxygen debt and lose the ability to maintain pace in a race.
16. (slang, transitive) To overwhelm through unexpectedly high demand, activity, usage, traffic volume, etc.
17. (slang, transitive) To overwhelm through unexpectedly high demand, activity, usage, traffic volume, etc.
18. (slang, transitive) To overwhelm through unexpectedly high demand, activity, usage, traffic volume, etc.
19. (intransitive, slang) To be overwhelmed by unexpectedly high demand, usage, activity, traffic volume, etc.
20. (intransitive, slang) To be overwhelmed by unexpectedly high demand, usage, activity, traffic volume, etc.
21. (intransitive, slang) To be overwhelmed by unexpectedly high demand, usage, activity, traffic volume, etc.
22. (colloquial, slang) To cause a malodorous smell by flatulation, defecation, etc.
23. (intransitive) To begin; to gather; to form.
24. (dated, intransitive, slang) To use an intoxicating drug; to get high.

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Conceptes

esbronc

Sinònims

undermining

insufflation

blow up

dressing down

disruption

inflation

berating

detriment

erupt

explode

explosion

gallantry

inflating

injury

overthrow

prowess

rating

scolding

slanging

subversion

valour

bursting out

feed of air

blasting

boldness

bravery

burst

courage

daring

Traduccions

abattage

gonflage

Gemetzel

Schlachten

Metzelei

Aufpumpen

ανατίναξη

Hinmorden

Mut

aufblasend

insufflation

abbattimento

coraggio

rimprovero

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