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Pronunciation

Intransitive Verb

to blow (blew, blown)

  1. To produce an air current
    Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow! [King Lear]
  2. To explode
    Get away from that tank! It's about to blow!
  3. (slang) To be very undesirable (see also suck)
    This blows!
  4. To be propelled by an air current.
    The leaves blow through the streets in the fall
  5. (of a cetacean) To exhale visibly through the spout.
    There's nothing more thrilling to the whale watcher than to see a whale surface and blow.
    Thar she blows! [that is, I see a whale spouting!]

Translations

Transitive Verb

  1. To propel by an air current.
    Blow the dust off that book and open it up.
  2. To squander.
    I managed to blow $1000 at blackjack in under an hour.
  3. (vulgar) Fellate.
    Who did you have to blow to get those backstage passes?
  4. To inflate
    blow bubbles

Translations

Noun

blow

  1. The act of striking or hitting
    ...a fabricator is used to direct a sharp blow to the surface of the stone.
    During an exchange to end round 13, Duran landed a blow to the mid-section...
  2. An unfortunate occurrence
    A further blow to the group came in 1917 when Thomson died while canoeing in Algonquin Park.
  3. (slang) cocaine
  4. A strong wind.
    We're having a bit of a blow this afternoon.
  5. (colloquial) A chance to catch ones breath.
    The players were able to get a bit of a blow during the last timeout.

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WordNet Definitions

The noun "blow" has seven senses: The verb "blow" has twenty two senses:

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