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The Meaning of blow
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(v. i.) To flower; to blossom; to bloom.
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(v. t.) To cause to blossom; to put forth (blossoms or flowers).
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(n.) A blossom; a flower; also, a state of blossoming; a mass of blossoms.
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(n.) A forcible stroke with the hand, fist, or some instrument, as a rod, a club, an ax, or a sword.
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(n.) A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.
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(n.) The infliction of evil; a sudden calamity; something which produces mental, physical, or financial suffering or loss (esp. when sudden); a buffet.
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(v. i.) To produce a current of air; to move, as air, esp. to move rapidly or with power; as, the wind blows.
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(v. i.) To send forth a forcible current of air, as from the mouth or from a pair of bellows.
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(v. i.) To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
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(v. i.) To sound on being blown into, as a trumpet.
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(v. i.) To spout water, etc., from the blowholes, as a whale.
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(v. i.) To be carried or moved by the wind; as, the dust blows in from the street.
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(v. i.) To talk loudly; to boast; to storm.
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(v. t.) To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means; as, to blow the fire.
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(v. t.) To drive by a current air; to impel; as, the tempest blew the ship ashore.
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(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.
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(v. t.) To clear of contents by forcing air through; as, to blow an egg; to blow one's nose.
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(v. t.) To burst, shatter, or destroy by an explosion; -- usually with up, down, open, or similar adverb; as, to blow up a building.
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(v. t.) To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.
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(v. t.) To form by inflation; to swell by injecting air; as, to blow bubbles; to blow glass.
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(v. t.) To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.
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(v. t.) To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue; as, to blow a horse.
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(v. t.) To deposit eggs or larvae upon, or in (meat, etc.).
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(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.
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(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.
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(n.) The spouting of a whale.
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(n.) A single heat or operation of the Bessemer converter.
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(n.) An egg, or a larva, deposited by a fly on or in flesh, or the act of depositing it.
Synonyms
bump
,
reverse
,
reversal
,
setback
,
black eye
,
shock
,
gust
,
blast
,
coke
,
nose candy
,
snow
,
C
,
puff
,
float
,
drift
,
be adrift
,
botch
,
bodge
,
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
,
waste
,
squander
,
fellate
,
suck
,
go down on
,
shove off
,
shove along
,
boast
,
tout
,
swash
,
shoot a line
,
brag
,
gas
,
bluster
,
vaunt
,
gasconade
,
blow out
,
burn out
Antonyms
conserve
Homophones
bleau
,
blowe
Rhymes
abaco
,
adagio
,
adolfo
,
aficionado
,
afterglow
,
aglow
,
ago
,
airglow
,
akihito
,
akimbo
,
albino
,
allegro
,
aloe
,
although
,
altiplano
,
amigo
,
ammo
,
angelo
,
appetito
,
apropos
,
arapaho
,
arapahoe
,
archipelago
,
arnaud
,
arnault
,
au
,
audio
,
aux
,
backhoe
,
badeau
,
badeaux
,
banjo
,
barbeau
,
bargo
,
barinco
,
barlow
,
barstow
,
beau
,
beaux
,
begnaud
,
belleau
,
below
,
benito
,
bestow
,
bibeau
,
bibeault
,
bilbo
,
bio
,
bleau
,
blowe
,
bo
,
boe
,
boeh
,
boileau
,
boisseau
,
bongo
,
bonneau
,
bordeau
,
bordeaux
,
bordello
,
borneo
,
borough
,
borrow
,
boudreau
,
bourdeau
,
bourgault
,
bozo
,
braggadocio
,
brancheau
,
brasseaux
,
brazeau
,
breault
,
breaux
,
bro
,
broe
,
brousseau
,
browe
,
bruneau
,
brusseau
,
budreau
,
buffalo
,
bungalow
,
buteau
,
cabo
,
calico
,
calypso
,
cameo
,
cargo
,
carlow
,
celo
,
cervesato
,
champeau
,
changsho
,
chateau
,
chateaux
,
chau
,
chenault
,
chicago
,
chico
,
cho
,
choe
,
cicero
,
claudio
,
cloe
,
clow
,
coco
,
coe
,
cointreau
,
combo
,
commando
,
compeau
,
compo
,
cousteau
,
crapo
,
crepeau
,
cristo
,
cro
,
crossbow
,
croteau
,
crotteau
,
crow
,
crowe
,
cyrano
,
dado
,
daignault
,
dario
,
dau
,
davao
,
davault
,
deboe
,
dedeaux
,
defoe
,
denault
,
deneau
,
deneault
,
deveau
,
deveaux
,
devoe
,
diazo
,
divertimento
,
doe
,
doh
,
domino
,
dough
,
drapeau
,
dubeau
,
dufault
,
dunno
,
duro
,
dussault
,
dynamo
,
eau
,
eaux
,
ebro
,
eeo
,
elbow
,
embryo
,
enloe
,
enlow
,
enslow
,
escoe
,
escrow
,
eskimo
,
espresso
,
facteau
,
fallow
,
falsetto
,
fandango
,
fargo
,
farrow
,
faucheux
,
favreau
,
fecteau
,
figaro
,
flamenco
,
flo
,
floe
,
flow
,
foe
,
fontainebleau
,
forego
,
forgo
,
fregeau
,
fro
,
froh
,
furlaud
,
garceau
,
gateau
,
gau
,
gaudreau
,
gauthreaux
,
gautreau
,
gautreaux
,
gauvreau
,
genego
,
generalissimo
,
geronimo
,
gibeau
,
gibeault
,
gilberto
,
giraud
,
gizmo
,
glasgow
,
glo
,
gloe
,
glow
,
go
,
goe
,
gogh
,
gogo
,
goh
,
goudeau
,
goudreau
,
gro
,
groh
,
groleau
,
grotto
,
grow
,
guanaco
,
guano
,
guantanamo
,
guilbeault
,
guilbeaux
,
guillot
,
guinarou
,
gusto
,
gyro
,
hello
,
hidalgo
,
hirohito
,
ho
,
hoe
,
hoh
,
hollo
,
humberto
,
hurteau
,
hwang-ho
,
hydro
,
idaho
,
ido
,
impresario
,
indigo
,
inflow
,
inscoe
,
ivanhoe
,
ivo
,
jacquot
,
jandreau
,
jarreau
,
jericho
,
jerrico
,
jo
,
joe
,
joh
,
judo
,
kayo
,
kilo
,
kinko
,
know
,
ko
,
koh
,
koito
,
kokomo
,
kowtow
,
krogh
,
kroh
,
krowe
,
kyo
,
labeau
,
lamberto
,
lareau
,
laveau
,
lebeau
,
lebow
,
ledlow
,
legato
,
legault
,
leleux
,
lienau
,
lo
,
loe
,
loew
,
loewe
,
loh
,
longbow
,
lotto
,
low
,
lowe
,
lozeau
,
ludlow
,
lumbago
,
luo
,
malveaux
,
manifesto
,
manseau
,
marceau
,
marceaux
,
margaux
,
marlowe
,
martineau
,
massimo
,
mau
,
meadow
,
meaux
,
medico
,
memo
,
metro
,
mexico
,
michaud
,
michaux
,
micheaux
,
michelangelo
,
micro
,
migneault
,
mineau
,
miro
,
mistletoe
,
mo
,
moe
,
monaco
,
monroe
,
montevideo
,
moreau
,
morneau
,
morneault
,
moro
,
moscow
,
mousseau
,
mow
,
munro
,
murto
,
mustachio
,
nadeau
,
navajo
,
neault
,
new-mexico
,
ngo
,
no
,
noe
,
noh
,
norberto
,
nouveau
,
o
,
oh
,
oleo
,
oregano
,
ortho
,
ostinato
,
otto
,
outflow
,
outgo
,
outgrow
,
overflow
,
overthrow
,
ow
,
owe
,
oxbow
,
papo
,
paseo
,
patio
,
pernod
,
perot
,
perreault
,
petrow
,
peugeot
,
photo
,
picaro
,
piccolo
,
pinsoneault
,
pinto
,
pistachio
,
plateau
,
plough
,
po
,
poe
,
pogo
,
polio
,
politico
,
pompano
,
ponto
,
ponzo
,
portfolio
,
portico
,
potato
,
presidio
,
presto
,
primeau
,
primeaux
,
primo
,
pro
,
promo
,
prudhoe
,
pruneau
,
puerto
,
puipoe
,
punto
,
queau
,
quito
,
quo
,
radio
,
rainbow
,
rambeau
,
ratio
,
reaux
,
renaud
,
renault
,
reneau
,
rheault
,
rhino
,
rho
,
riendeau
,
rio-de-janeiro
,
risotto
,
ro
,
rococo
,
rodeo
,
roe
,
roh
,
rohe
,
romano
,
romeo
,
rondeau
,
rougeau
,
rouleau
,
row
,
rowe
,
saito
,
schmo
,
scorpio
,
seago
,
sego
,
segundo
,
sergio
,
sew
,
sgro
,
shadow
,
shinto
,
show
,
sideshow
,
sloe
,
slow
,
snow
,
snowe
,
so
,
so-so
,
soileau
,
solo
,
spirito
,
staccato
,
steptoe
,
stereo
,
stow
,
stowe
,
stretto
,
strow
,
studio
,
swatow
,
tableau
,
taekwondo
,
tarot
,
tasso
,
tebeau
,
tempo
,
tetreault
,
thebeau
,
theriault
,
therriault
,
thibault
,
thibeau
,
tho
,
thoreau
,
though
,
throe
,
throw
,
thurnau
,
tiptoe
,
titlow
,
tobacco
,
toe
,
tokyo
,
tomato
,
tomorrow
,
tondreau
,
tornado
,
torpedo
,
torso
,
tourtelot
,
tow
,
towe
,
trio
,
trow
,
trudeau
,
truffaut
,
tso
,
tupelo
,
turbot
,
udo
,
umberto
,
undergo
,
undertow
,
unesco
,
ungo
,
uno
,
van-gogh
,
veilleux
,
vertigo
,
veto
,
viau
,
vieau
,
vienneau
,
vigneau
,
vigneault
,
virago
,
vo
,
whitlow
,
whoa
,
willow
,
winnow
,
wo
,
woe
,
wroe
,
yau
,
yo
,
yoe
,
yoh
,
zoh
,
zorro
,
zydeco