blow

Meaning

Verb

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

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A strong wind.
2. (countable, informal, uncountable) A chance to catch one's breath.
3. (US, slang, uncountable) Cocaine.
4. (UK, slang, uncountable) Cannabis.
5. (slang, uncountable) Heroin.
6. (countable, informal, uncountable, vulgar) A blowjob; fellatio.
7. (countable, uncountable) An instance of using high-pressure air to empty water from the ballast tanks of a submarine, increasing the submarine's buoyancy and causing it to surface.

Intj

Used to express displeasure or frustration.

Adj

Blue.

Noun

1. An instance of the act of striking or hitting.
2. A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.
3. A damaging occurrence.
4. (Australia, historical) A cut made to a sheep's fleece by a shearer using hand-shears.
5. (Australia, New-Zealand) An outcrop of quartz from surrounding rock, thought to indicate mineral deposits below.
6. Synonym of button (“the punchy or suspenseful line of dialogue that concludes a scene”).

Noun

1. A state of flowering; a bloom.
2. A display or mass of flowers; a yield.
3. (figuratively) A display of anything bright or brilliant.

Synonyms

stroke

hit

strike

puff

punch

👊

knock

shock

⚡

blast

smack

bump

slap

fan

beat

blow on

kick

whack

play

thump

collision

💥

bang

thrust

blow out

bloom

gust

beating

break

of wind

burn out

trauma

squander

clout

coke

open

push

vaunt

whiff

wind

swipe

boast

bluster

snow

❄️

fist

✊

sound

🔉

explode

dissipate

cuff

blowing

rap

jab

brag

Translations

souffler

soplar

blasen

Schlag

soffiare

colpo

golpe

wehen

coup

blazen

soprar

pusten

φυσώ

slag

Hieb

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bləʊ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: blowen

Inherited from Old English: blāwan

Cognate with German: blähen

Cognate with Latin: flō

Cognate with Classical Armenian: բեղուն

Inherited from Middle English: blo

Inherited from Old English: blāw

Cognate with Latin: flavus

Inherited from Middle English: blowe

Cognate with Old Norse: blegði

Cognate with German: einbläuen

Cognate with Middle Dutch: blouwen

Inherited from Old English: blōwan

Cognate with Dutch: bloeien

Cognate with German: blühen

Cognate with Latin: floreo

In summary

From Middle English blowen, from Old English blāwan (“to blow, breathe, inflate, sound”), from Proto-West Germanic *blāan, from Proto-Germanic *blēaną (“to blow”) (compare German blähen), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to swell, blow up”) (compare Latin flō (“to blow”) and Old Armenian բեղուն (bełun, “fertile”)).

Sentences

Split the log with a quick , sharp blow .

When the simum ceased to blow , everyone looked to the place where the boy had been .