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Definition blow

Etymology 1

From Middle English blowen, from Old English bl?wan (“to blow, breathe, inflate, sound”), from Proto-Germanic *bl?an? (“to blow”) (compare German blähen), from Proto-Indo-European *b?leh?- (“to swell, blow up”) (compare Latin fl? (“to blow”) and Old Armenian ?????? (be?un, “fertile”)).

Verb

blow (third-person singular simple present blows, present participle blowing, simple past blew, past participle blown)

1. (intransitive) To produce an air current.
2. (transitive) To propel by an air current.
3. (intransitive) To be propelled by an air current.
4. (transitive) To create or shape by blowing; as in to blow bubbles, to blow glass.
5. To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.
6. To clear of contents by forcing air through.
7. (transitive) To cause to make sound by blowing, as a musical instrument.
8. (intransitive) To make a sound as the result of being blown.
9. (intransitive, of a cetacean) To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while feeding.
10. (intransitive) To explode.
11. (transitive, with "up" or with prep phrase headed by "to") To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed.
12. (transitive) To cause sudden destruction of.
13. (intransitive) To suddenly fail destructively.
14. (intransitive, slang) To be very undesirable. (See also suck.)
15. (transitive, slang) To recklessly squander.
16. (transitive, vulgar) To fellate; to perform oral sex on (usually a man)
17. (transitive, slang) To leave.
18. To make flyblown, to defile, especially with fly eggs.
19. (obsolete) To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.
20. (obsolete) To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.
21. (intransitive) To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
22. (transitive) To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.
23. (obsolete) To talk loudly; to boast; to storm.
24. (slang, informal, African American Vernacular) To sing
25. (Scientology, intransitive) To leave the Church of Scientology in an unauthorized manner.

Noun

blow (plural blows)

1. A strong wind.
2. (informal) A chance to catch one’s breath.
3. (uncountable, US, slang) Cocaine.
4. (uncountable, Britain, slang) Cannabis.
5. (uncountable, US Chicago Regional, slang) Heroin.

Etymology 2

From Middle English blo, bloo, from Old English bl?w (“blue”), from Proto-Germanic *bl?waz (“blue, dark blue, grey, black”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?l?w- (“yellow, blond, grey”). Cognate with Latin flavus (“yellow”). More at blue.

Adjective

blow (comparative blower or more blow, superlative blowest or most blow)

1. (now chiefly dialectal, Northern England) Blue.

Etymology 3

From Middle English blowe, blaw, northern variant of bl?we, from Proto-Germanic *blewwan? (“to beat”) (compare Old Norse blegði (“wedge”), German bläuen, Middle Dutch blouwen). Related to block.

Noun

blow (plural blows)

1. The act of striking or hitting.
2. A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.
3. A damaging occurrence.

Etymology 4

From Middle English blowen, from Old English bl?wan, from Proto-Germanic *bl?an? (compare Dutch bloeien, German blühen), from Proto-Indo-European *b?leh?- (compare Latin flor?re (“to bloom”)).

Verb

blow (third-person singular simple present blows, present participle blowing, simple past blew, past participle blown)

1. To blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom.

Noun

blow (plural blows)

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

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