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blow


Definition: Meaning of, blow in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / bləʊ /

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Prsesent Past Past Participle
blow blew blown
Present Participle Third Person Singular
blowing blows
  1. wind moving [intransitive and transitive] if the wind or a current of air blows, it moves
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  2. wind moving something [intransitive,transitive usually + adverb/preposition] to move or to move something by the force of the wind or a current of air
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  3. air from your mouth [intransitive,transitive always + adverb/preposition] to send air out from your mouth
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  4. make a noise [intransitive and transitive] to make a sound by passing air through a whistle, horn etc
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  5. violence [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to damage or destroy something violently with an explosion or by shooting
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  6. lose an opportunity [transitive] informal to lose a good opportunity by making a mistake or by being careless
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  7. waste money [transitive] informal to spend a lot of money in a careless way, especially on one thing
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  8. blow your nose to clean your nose by forcing air through it into a cloth or a piece of soft paper
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  9. blow somebody a kiss to kiss your hand and then pretend to blow the kiss towards someone
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  10. electricity stops [intransitive and transitive] if an electrical FUSE blows, or a piece of electrical equipment blows a FUSE, the electricity suddenly stops working because a thin wire has melted
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  11. tyre [intransitive and transitive] if a tyre blows or if a car blows a tyre, it bursts
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  12. make a shape [transitive] to make or shape something by sending air out from your mouth
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  13. surprise/annoyance blow/blow me/blow it etc British English spoken said to show annoyance or surprise
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  14. tell a secret [transitive] to make known something that was meant to be a secret
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  15. blow somebody's mind spoken to make you feel very surprised and excited by something
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  16. blow your top/stack/cool also blow a fuse/gasket informal to become extremely angry quickly or suddenly
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  17. blow the whistle on somebody informal to tell someone in authority about something wrong that someone is doing
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  18. blow something (up) out of (all) proportion to make something seem much more serious or important than it is
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  19. blow your own trumpet especially British English also blow your own horn American English informal to talk a lot about your own achievements - used to show disapproval
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  20. blow somebody/something out of the water to defeat someone or something that you are competing with, or to achieve much more than they do
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  21. blow hot and cold British English informal to keep changing your attitude towards someone or something
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  22. blow something sky-high British English to destroy an idea, plan etc by showing that it cannot be true or effective
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blow blows
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  1. BAD EFFECT an action or event that causes difficulty or sadness for someone
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  2. hard hit a hard hit with someone's hand, a tool, or a weapon
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  3. blowing an action of blowing
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  4. come to blows (with somebody) if two people come to blows, they start arguing or hitting each other because they disagree about something
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  5. soften/cushion the blow to make something unpleasant easier for someone to accept
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  6. low blow American English informal something unkind you say to deliberately embarrass or upset someone
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blow used in phrases

  • Joe Blow (noun)
    1. a hypothetical average man
  • blow a fuse (verb)
    1. get very angry and fly into a rage
  • blow drier (noun)
    1. a hand-held electric blower that can blow warm air onto the hair; used for styling hair
  • blow dryer (noun)
    1. a hand-held electric blower that can blow warm air onto the hair; used for styling hair
  • blow gas (noun)
    1. the gas leaving a generator during a blow period
  • blow hot and cold (verb)
    1. be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
  • blow job (noun)
    1. the practice of touching a man's sexual organs with your lips and tongue to give him sexual pleasure
  • blow me
    1. used to express surprise
  • blow one's stack (verb)
    1. get very angry and fly into a rage
  • blow out of the water (verb)
    1. greatly surprise
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blow used in phrasal verbs

  • blow apart (phrasal verb)
    1. to destroy something with an explosion
    2. to show that an idea is completely false or wrong
  • blow away (phrasal verb)
    1. [intransitive/transitive] if something blows away or is blown away, the wind moves it away from you until you cannot see or touch it
    2. [transitive] informal to kill someone by shooting them
  • blow down (phrasal verb)
    1. if something blows down or is blown down, the wind makes it fall
  • blow in (phrasal verb)
    1. [intransitive] to come towards you in the air
    2. [intransitive/transitive] if a window blows in, or if something blows it in, it breaks into pieces that fall inside the building
  • blow off (phrasal verb)
    1. [intransitive/transitive] if something blows off or is blown off, the wind makes it come off
    2. [transitive] to remove and destroy something by shooting it or making it explode
  • blow out (phrasal verb)
    1. [intransitive/transitive] if you blow out a flame, or if it blows out, it stops burning because you blow on it or because of the wind
    2. [intransitive/transitive] if a window blows out, or if something blows it out, it breaks into pieces that fall outside the building
  • blow over (phrasal verb)
    1. [intransitive/transitive] if something blows over or is blown over, the wind makes it fall
    2. [intransitive] if a storm blows over, it ends
  • blow up (phrasal verb)
    1. [intransitive/transitive] if something blows up, or if someone blows something up, it explodes and is destroyed
    2. [transitive] to fill something with air or gas
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Pronunciation: ˈmɪnɪt hand
Parts of Speech: noun
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