blowing

From Middle English blowynge, blowende, from Old English blāwende, from Proto-Germanic *blēandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *blēaną (“to blow”), equivalent to blow + -ing.

Nuovo

blow

1. To produce an air current.
2. To propel by an air current (or, if under water, a water current), usually with the mouth.
3. To be propelled by an air current.
4. To direct or move, usually of a person to a particular location.
5. To create or shape by blowing.
6. To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.
7. To clear of contents by forcing air through.
8. To cause to make sound by blowing, as a musical instrument.
9. To make a sound as the result of being blown.
10. To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while feeding.
11. To burst or explode; to occur suddenly
12. To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed.
13. To blow from a gun.
14. To cause the sudden destruction of.
15. To suddenly fail destructively.
16. (slang) To recklessly squander.
17. (informal) To fail at something; to mess up; to make a mistake.
18. (slang) To be very undesirable.
19. To fellate; to perform oral sex on (usually a man).
20. (slang) To leave, especially suddenly or in a hurry.
21. To make flyblown, to defile, especially with fly eggs.
22. (of a fly) To lay eggs; to breed.
23. (obsolete) To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.
24. (obsolete) To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.
25. To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
26. To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.
27. To talk loudly; boast; brag.
28. (slang) To slander, insult, critique or discredit (someone); to reprimand or scold (someone).
29. (slang) To expose, or inform on.
30. (informal,slang) To sing.
31. To leave the Church of Scientology in an unauthorized manner.
32. (colloquial,slang) To flatulate or defecate.