English Explanatory Dictionary

blow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  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 a 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.
noun
  1. A strong wind.
  2. A chance to catch one's breath.
  3. Powder cocaine.
  4. Cannabis.
  5. Heroin.
  6. A blowjob; fellatio.
  7. 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
  1. Used to express displeasure or frustration.
adj
  1. 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. A cut made to a sheep's fleece by a shearer using hand-shears.
  5. 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”).
verb
  1. To blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom.
noun
  1. A state of flowering; a bloom.
  2. A display or mass of flowers; a yield.
  3. A display of anything bright or brilliant.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/bləʊ/ /blaː/ /bloʊ/ en-us-blow.ogg

Word forms

blow blows blowing blew blown blower more blow blowest most blow

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁- Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *blēaną Proto-West Germanic *blāan Old English blāwan Middle English blowen English blow 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”)).

Synonyms

suck give brain give dome give hat give head give neck give noddy go down on grass up snow nose candy benzoylmethylecgonine blow Bolivian marching powder booger sugar boots California corn flakes charlie ching coke corinne crystals flake girl hard white marching powder nose beer nose powder party powder powder rock rocks slim sniff snuff toot wash white white girl white lady yay yayo yola bhang benj boo broccoli bud buddha cannabis cheeba choof daccha dank devil's lettuce djamba doja doobage dope endo

Related words

insufflate black and blue ablow elder-blow

Derived words

air-blown asphalt ale-blown beblow blow a backsight blowability blowable blow a cloud blow a fuse blow a gasket blow a hole through blow a kiss blow a nut blow apart blow ass blow away blow chunks blow down blow-dry blower blow forward blow from a gun blowhard blowhorn blow hot air blow hot and cold blow-in blow in blowing agent blowing a load blowing house blowing mill blow in the bag blow into blow it blow it out one's ass blow it out one's ear blowjob blow me blow me down blow me over blow me pink blow me tight blow me up blow my buttons blown diffuser blown pupil blown save blow off blow off course blow off one's steam blow off steam blow one's chance blow one's cool blow one's cork blow one's horn blow one's lid blow one's load blow one's nose blow one's own horn blow one's own trumpet

Translations

Armenian: պայթել Bulgarian: взривявам се Bulgarian: експлодирам Chinese Mandarin: 爆炸 Danish: sprænge Dutch: springen Dutch: ontploffen Finnish: räjähtää French: péter French: sauter German: hochgehen German: in die Luft gehen German: explodieren Hebrew: התפוצץ Italian: esplodere Japanese: 爆発する Korean: 터지다 Latvian: sprāgt Macedonian: се распрснува Polish: wybuchać Polish: wybuchnąć Portuguese: explodir Portuguese: estourar Russian: взрыва́ться Russian: взорва́ться Russian: взлета́ть на во́здух Russian: взлете́ть на во́здух Vietnamese: nổ
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