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English Dictionary: blow	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
blow n a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon; "a blow on the head" an impact (as from a collision); "the bump threw him off the bicycle" Synonym(s): blow, bump an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating Synonym(s): reverse, reversal, setback, blow, black eye an unpleasant or disappointing surprise; "it came as a shock to learn that he was injured" Synonym(s): shock, blow a strong current of air; "the tree was bent almost double by the gust" Synonym(s): gust, blast, blow street names for cocaine Synonym(s): coke, blow, nose candy, snow, C forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth; "he gave his nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a single puff" Synonym(s): blow, puff v exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down" be blowing or storming; "The wind blew from the West" free of obstruction by blowing air through; "blow one's nose" be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore" Synonym(s): float, drift, be adrift, blow make a sound as if blown; "The whistle blew" shape by blowing; "Blow a glass vase" make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement" Synonym(s): botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree" Synonym(s): waste, blow, squander Antonym(s): conserve, economise, economize, husband spend lavishly or wastefully on; "He blew a lot of money on his new home theater" sound by having air expelled through a tube; "The trumpets blew" play or sound a wind instrument; "She blew the horn" provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation Synonym(s): fellate, suck, blow, go down on cause air to go in, on, or through; "Blow my hair dry" cause to move by means of an air current; "The wind blew the leaves around in the yard" spout moist air from the blowhole; "The whales blew" leave; informal or rude; "shove off!"; "The children shoved along"; "Blow now!" Synonym(s): shove off, shove along, blow lay eggs; "certain insects are said to blow" cause to be revealed and jeopardized; "The story blew their cover"; "The double agent was blown by the other side" show off Synonym(s): boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade allow to regain its breath; "blow a horse" melt, break, or become otherwise unusable; "The lightbulbs blew out"; "The fuse blew" Synonym(s): blow out, burn out, blow burst suddenly; "The tire blew"; "We blew a tire"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blow \Blow\, n. [OE. blaw, blowe; cf. OHG. bliuwan, pliuwan, to beat, G. bl[84]uen, Goth. bliggwan.] 1. A forcible stroke with the hand, fist, or some instrument, as a rod, a club, an ax, or a sword. Well struck ! there was blow for blow. --Shak. 2. A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault. A vigorous blow might win [Hanno's camp]. --T. Arnold. 3. The infliction of evil; a sudden calamity; something which produces mental, physical, or financial suffering or loss (esp. when sudden); a buffet. A most poor man, made tame to fortune's blows. --Shak. {At a blow}, suddenly; at one effort; by a single vigorous act. [bd]They lose a province at a blow.[b8] --Dryden. {To come to blows}, to engage in combat; to fight; -- said of individuals, armies, and nations. Syn: Stroke; knock; shock; misfortune.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blow \Blow\ (bl[omac]), v. i. [imp. {Blew} (bl[umac]); p. p. {Blown} (bl[omac]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blowing}.] [OE. blowen, AS. bl[omac]wan to blossom; akin to OS. bl[omac]jan, D. bloeijen, OHG. pluojan, MHG. bl[uum]ejen, G. bl[81]hen, L. florere to flourish, OIr. blath blossom. Cf. {Blow} to puff, {Flourish}.] To flower; to blossom; to bloom. How blows the citron grove. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blow \Blow\, v. i. [imp. {Blew} (bl[umac]); p. p. {Blown} (bl[omac]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blowing}.] [OE. blawen, blowen, AS. bl[amac]wan to blow, as wind; akin to OHG. pl[amac]jan, G. bl[84]hen, to blow up, swell, L. flare to blow, Gr. 'ekflai`nein to spout out, and to E. bladder, blast, inflate, etc., and perh. blow to bloom.] 1. To produce a current of air; to move, as air, esp. to move rapidly or with power; as, the wind blows. Hark how it rains and blows ! --Walton. 2. To send forth a forcible current of air, as from the mouth or from a pair of bellows. 3. To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff. Here is Mistress Page at the door, sweating and blowing. --Shak. 4. To sound on being blown into, as a trumpet. There let the pealing organ blow. --Milton. 5. To spout water, etc., from the blowholes, as a whale. 6. To be carried or moved by the wind; as, the dust blows in from the street. The grass blows from their graves to thy own. --M. Arnold. 7. To talk loudly; to boast; to storm. [Colloq.] You blow behind my back, but dare not say anything to my face. --Bartlett. {To blow hot and cold} (a saying derived from a fable of [AE]sop's), to favor a thing at one time and treat it coldly at another; or to appear both to favor and to oppose. {To blow off}, to let steam escape through a passage provided for the purpose; as, the engine or steamer is blowing off. {To blow out}. (a) To be driven out by the expansive force of a gas or vapor; as, a steam cock or valve sometimes blows out. (b) To talk violently or abusively. [Low] {To blow over}, to pass away without effect; to cease, or be dissipated; as, the storm and the clouds have blown over. {To blow up}, to be torn to pieces and thrown into the air as by an explosion of powder or gas or the expansive force of steam; to burst; to explode; as, a powder mill or steam boiler blows up. [bd]The enemy's magazines blew up.[b8] --Tatler.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blow \Blow\, v. t. To cause to blossom; to put forth (blossoms or flowers). The odorous banks, that blow Flowers of more mingled hue. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blow \Blow\, n. (Bot.) A blossom; a flower; also, a state of blossoming; a mass of blossoms. [bd]Such a blow of tulips.[b8] --Tatler.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blow \Blow\, v. t. 1. To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means; as, to blow the fire. 2. To drive by a current air; to impel; as, the tempest blew the ship ashore. Off at sea northeast winds blow Sabean odors from the spicy shore. --Milton. 3. To cause air to pass through by the action of the mouth, or otherwise; to cause to sound, as a wind instrument; as, to blow a trumpet; to blow an organ. Hath she no husband That will take pains to blow a horn before her? --Shak. Boy, blow the pipe until the bubble rise, Then cast it off to float upon the skies. --Parnell. 4. To clear of contents by forcing air through; as, to blow an egg; to blow one's nose. 5. To burst, shatter, or destroy by an explosion; -- usually with up, down, open, or similar adverb; as, to blow up a building. 6. To spread by report; to publish; to disclose. Through the court his courtesy was blown. --Dryden. His language does his knowledge blow. --Whiting. 7. To form by inflation; to swell by injecting air; as, to blow bubbles; to blow glass. 8. To inflate, as with pride; to puff up. Look how imagination blows him. --Shak. 9. To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue; as, to blow a horse. --Sir W. Scott. 10. To deposit eggs or larv[91] upon, or in (meat, etc.). To suffer The flesh fly blow my mouth. --Shak. {To blow great guns}, to blow furiously and with roaring blasts; -- said of the wind at sea or along the coast. {To blow off}, to empty (a boiler) of water through the blow-off pipe, while under steam pressure; also, to eject (steam, water, sediment, etc.) from a boiler. {To blow one's own trumpet}, to vaunt one's own exploits, or sound one's own praises. {To blow out}, to extinguish by a current of air, as a candle. {To blow up}. (a) To fill with air; to swell; as, to blow up a bladder or bubble. (b) To inflate, as with pride, self-conceit, etc.; to puff up; as, to blow one up with flattery. [bd]Blown up with high conceits engendering pride.[b8] --Milton. (c) To excite; as, to blow up a contention. (d) To burst, to raise into the air, or to scatter, by an explosion; as, to blow up a fort. (e) To scold violently; as, to blow up a person for some offense. [Colloq.] I have blown him up well -- nobody can say I wink at what he does. --G. Eliot. {To blow upon}. (a) To blast; to taint; to bring into discredit; to render stale, unsavory, or worthless. (b) To inform against. [Colloq.] How far the very custom of hearing anything spouted withers and blows upon a fine passage, may be seen in those speeches from [Shakespeare's] Henry V. which are current in the mouths of schoolboys. --C. Lamb. A lady's maid whose character had been blown upon. --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blow \Blow\, n. 1. A blowing, esp., a violent blowing of the wind; a gale; as, a heavy blow came on, and the ship put back to port. 2. The act of forcing air from the mouth, or through or from some instrument; as, to give a hard blow on a whistle or horn; to give the fire a blow with the bellows. 3. The spouting of a whale. 4. (Metal.) A single heat or operation of the Bessemer converter. --Raymond. 5. An egg, or a larva, deposited by a fly on or in flesh, or the act of depositing it. --Chapman.