blow up

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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.

Konzepte

explodieren

sprengen

aufblasen

bersten

übertreiben

vergrößern

aufbauschen

platzen

ausflippen

ausmachen

beschimpfen

detonieren

dick auftragen

Explosion

hochgehen

losziehen

rügen

schelten

schimpfen

schwellen

striegeln

verschlechtern

verschlimmern

hochziehen

sich aufblähen

zerbersten

von unten blasen

Sprengung

aufplustern

Hals umdrehen

zusammenscheißen

giften

anscheißen

hunzen

flegeln

betakeln

mit Schimpfnamen belegen

bengeln

schmälen

ausfensterln

aaßen

bescheiten

mit Schimpfworten belegen

anschimpfen

j-m einen Bart machen

aasen

ausfenstern

abbürsten

aufmöbeln

aufpumpen

Synonyme

explode

inflate

blast

burst

detonate

magnify

enlarge

pump up

puff up

swell

go up

exaggerate

set off

send up

combust

rage

😡

go ballistic

puff out

increase

go off

fly off the handle

amplify

explosion

dramatize

expand

fill with air

erupt

pad

puff

blow on

blow one’s stack

hit the roof

blow a fuse

bomb

💣

dramatise

aggrandize

lose one’s temper

bawl out

blowing up

blow

hit the ceiling

overstate

bloat

fill up

flip

lard

embroider

aggrandise

blasting

embellish

Übersetzungen

gonfler

hinchar

gonfiare

esplodere

🔥

exploser

faire sauter

opblazen

reventar

éclater

étendre

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: blow up

Verwandt mit Englisch: upblow

Verwandt mit Westfriesisch: opblaze

Verwandt mit Niederländisch: opblazen

Verwandt mit Deutsch: aufblähen

Verwandt mit Schwedisch: blåsa upp

Verwandt mit Isländisch: blása upp

Verwandt mit Gotisch: 𐌿𐍆𐌱𐌻𐌴𐍃𐌰𐌽

In summary

From Middle English blow up, blowe up, dissimilated forms of earlier Middle English upblowen (> English upblow), equivalent to blow + up. Compare West Frisian opblaze (“to blow up, inflate”), Dutch opblazen (“to blow up, inflate”), German aufblähen and aufblasen (“to blow up, inflate”), Swedish blåsa upp (“to blow up, inflate”), Icelandic blása upp (“to blow up, inflate”), Gothic 𐌿𐍆𐌱𐌻𐌴𐍃𐌰𐌽 (ufblēsan, “to blow or puff up”).