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blow
v. exhale; inflate; wave; whistle; explode; sprout
 
n. strike, hit; exhalation, breath


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Blow
Blow may refer to:ExhalationStrike (attack)Drug slang for  cocaineBlow (film), a 2001 American film about drug trafficking"Blow" (My Name Is Earl), a season 2 episode of My Name is EarlIn music:The Blow, a Portland, Oregon music groupBlow (Red Lorry Yellow Lorry album), Red Lorry Yellow Lorry's 1989 studio albumBlow (Heather Nova album), Heather Nova's 1993 live albumBlow (Foetus album), Foetus' 2001 remix albumBlow (song) by Rick Ross, featuring Dr. DreKurtis Blow (album), by Kurtis BlowBlew (EP), by Nirvana
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blow
Noun
1. a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon; "a blow on the head"
(hypernym) stroke
(hyponym) clip
(part-holonym) fight, fighting, combat, scrap
2. an impact (as from a collision); "the bump threw him off the bicycle"
(synonym) bump
(hypernym) impact
(hyponym) jolt, jar, jounce
3. an unfortunate happening that hinders of impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
(synonym) reverse, reversal, setback, black eye
(hypernym) happening, occurrence, natural event
(hyponym) whammy
4. an unpleasant or disappointing surprise; "it came as a shock to learn that he was injured"
(synonym) shock
(hypernym) surprise
(hyponym) blip
5. a strong current of air; "the tree was bent almost double by the gust"
(synonym) gust, blast
(hypernym) wind, air current, current of air
(hyponym) bluster
6. street names for cocaine
(synonym) coke, nose candy, snow, C
(hypernym) cocaine, cocain
7. 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) puff
(hypernym) exhalation, expiration, breathing out
(hyponym) insufflation
Verb
1. exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down"
(hypernym) exhale, expire, breathe out
(hyponym) pant, puff, gasp, heave
(derivation) puff
2. be blowing or storming; "The wind blew from the West"
(hyponym) breeze
(derivation) gust, blast
3. free of obstruction by blowing air through; "blow one's nose"
(hypernym) discharge, expel, eject, release
(derivation) puff
4. 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) float, drift, be adrift
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
(hyponym) waft
(verb-group) float
(derivation) gust, blast
5. make a sound as if blown; "The whistle blew"
(hypernym) sound, go
(derivation) puff
6. shape by blowing; "Blow a glass vase"
(hypernym) shape, form
(derivation) puff
7. 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) botch, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, 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
(hypernym) fail, go wrong, miscarry
8. spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"
(synonym) waste, squander
(hypernym) use, expend
(hyponym) burn
9. spend lavishly or wastefully on; "He blew a lot of money on his new home theater"
(hypernym) spend, expend, drop
(verb-group) waste, squander
10. sound by having air expelled through a tube; "The trumpets blew"
(hypernym) sound, go
11. play or sound a wind instrument; "She blew the horn"
(hypernym) sound
12. provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation
(synonym) fellate, go down on
(hypernym) stimulate, excite, stir
13. cause air to go in, on, or through; "Blow my hair dry"
(hypernym) send, direct
(derivation) electric fan, blower
14. cause to move by means of an air current; "The wind blew the leaves around in the yard"
(hypernym) move, displace
(hyponym) whiff
(derivation) gust, blast
15. spout moist air from the blowhole; "The whales blew"
(hypernym) spurt, spirt, gush, spout
(derivation) puff
16. leave; informal or rude; "shove off!"; "The children shoved along"; "Blow now!"
(synonym) shove off, shove along
(hypernym) go, go away, depart
17. lay eggs; "certain insects are said to blow"
(hypernym) lay, put down, repose
18. cause to be revealed and jeopardized; "The story blew their cover"; "The double agent was blown by the other side"
(hypernym) disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out
19. show off
(synonym) boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, bluster, vaunt, gasconade
(hypernym) overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
(hyponym) puff
20. allow to regain its breath; "blow a horse"
(hypernym) rest
21. melt, break, or become otherwise unusable; "The lightbulbs blew out"; "The fuse blew"
(synonym) blow out, burn out
(hypernym) fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down
22. burst suddenly; "The tire blew"; "We blew a tire"
(hypernym) burst, split, break open


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blow
n. exhalation, blow; marijuana cigarette
 
blowen
v. smoke dope

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Blow
(n.)
A blossom; a flower; also, a state of blossoming; a mass of blossoms.
  
 
(n.)
A blowing, esp., a violent blowing of the wind; a gale; as, a heavy blow came on, and the ship put back to port.
  
 
(n.)
A forcible stroke with the hand, fist, or some instrument, as a rod, a club, an ax, or a sword.
  
 
(n.)
A single heat or operation of the Bessemer converter.
  
 
(n.)
A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.
  
 
(n.)
An egg, or a larva, deposited by a fly on or in flesh, or the act of depositing it.
  
 
(n.)
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.
  
 
(n.)
The infliction of evil; a sudden calamity; something which produces mental, physical, or financial suffering or loss (esp. when sudden); a buffet.
  
 
(n.)
The spouting of a whale.
  
 
(v. i.)
To be carried or moved by the wind; as, the dust blows in from the street.
  
 
(v. i.)
To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
  
 
(v. i.)
To flower; to blossom; to bloom.
  
 
(v. i.)
To produce a current of air; to move, as air, esp. to move rapidly or with power; as, the wind blows.
  
 
(v. i.)
To send forth a forcible current of air, as from the mouth or from a pair of bellows.
  
 
(v. i.)
To sound on being blown into, as a trumpet.
  
 
(v. i.)
To spout water, etc., from the blowholes, as a whale.
  
 
(v. i.)
To talk loudly; to boast; to storm.
  
 
(v. t.)
To burst, shatter, or destroy by an explosion; -- usually with up, down, open, or similar adverb; as, to blow up a building.
  
 
(v. t.)
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.
  
 
(v. t.)
To cause to blossom; to put forth (blossoms or flowers).
  
 
(v. t.)
To clear of contents by forcing air through; as, to blow an egg; to blow one's nose.
  
 
(v. t.)
To deposit eggs or larvae upon, or in (meat, etc.).
  
 
(v. t.)
To drive by a current air; to impel; as, the tempest blew the ship ashore.
  
 
(v. t.)
To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means; as, to blow the fire.
  
 
(v. t.)
To form by inflation; to swell by injecting air; as, to blow bubbles; to blow glass.
  
 
(v. t.)
To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.
  
 
(v. t.)
To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue; as, to blow a horse.
  
 
(v. t.)
To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.
  

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