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–noun
1.a sudden, hard stroke with a hand, fist, or weapon: a blow to the head.
2.a sudden shock, calamity, reversal, etc.: His wife's death was a terrible blow to him.
3.a sudden attack or drastic action: The invaders struck a blow to the south.
4.at one blow, with a single act: He became wealthy and famous at one blow. Also, at a blow.
5.come to blows, to begin to fight, esp. to engage in physical combat: They came to blows over the referee's ruling.
6.strike a blow, to hit.
7.strike a blow for, to further or advance the cause of: to strike a blow for civil rights.
8.without striking a blow, without a battle or contest: The military coup was accomplished without striking a blow.

[Origin: 1425–75; late ME blaw, northern form repr. later blowe; akin to OHG bliuwan, Goth bliggwan to beat]

1. buffet, thump, thwack, rap, slap, cuff, box, beat, knock. 1, 2. Blow, stroke, hit, slap refer to a sudden or forceful impact, but differ in their literal and figurative uses. Blow emphasizes the violence of the impact and, figuratively, adverse fortune: a blow from a hammer; a blow to one's hopes. Stroke emphasizes movement as well as impact; it indicates precision or, figuratively, either good fortune or sudden or unexpected pain or misfortune: the stroke of a piston; a stroke of luck, of lightning; a paralytic stroke. Hit, in its current uses, emphasizes the successful result of a literal or figurative blow, impact, or impression, for example in baseball, social life, the theater: a two-base hit; to make a hit with someone; a smash hit. Slap, a blow with the open hand or with something flat, emphasizes the instrument with which the blow is delivered and, often, the resulting sound; figuratively, it connotes an unfriendly or sarcastic statement, action, or attitude: Her coldness was like a slap in the face; the slap of a beaver's tail on the water.
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blow2    Audio Help   [bloh] Pronunciation Key verb, blew, blown, blow·ing, noun
–verb (used without object)
1.(of the wind or air) to be in motion.
2.to move along, carried by or as by the wind: Dust seemed to blow through every crack in the house.
3.to produce or emit a current of air, as with the mouth or a bellows: Blow on your hands to warm them.
4.(of a horn, trumpet, etc.) to give out sound.
5.to make a blowing sound; whistle: The siren blew just as we rounded the corner.
6.(of horses) to breathe hard or quickly; pant.
7.Informal. to boast; brag: He kept blowing about his medals.
8.Zoology. (of a whale) to spout.
9.(of a fuse, light bulb, vacuum tube, tire, etc.) to burst, melt, stop functioning, or be destroyed by exploding, overloading, etc. (often fol. by out): A fuse blew just as we sat down to dinner. The rear tire blew out.
10.to burst from internal pressure: Poorly sealed cans will often blow.
11.Slang. to leave; depart.
–verb (used with object)
12.to drive by means of a current of air: A sudden breeze blew the smoke into the house.
13.to spread or make widely known: Growing panic blew the rumor about.
14.to drive a current of air upon.
15.to clear or empty by forcing air through: Try blowing your nose.
16.to shape (glass, smoke, etc.) with a current of air: to blow smoke rings.
17.to cause to sound, as by a current of air: Blow your horn at the next crossing.
18.Jazz. to play (a musical instrument of any kind).
19.to cause to explode (often fol. by up, to bits, etc.): A mine blew the ship to bits.
20.to burst, melt, burn out, or destroy by exploding, overloading, etc. (often fol. by out): to blow a tire; blow a fuse.
21.to destroy; demolish (usually fol. by down, over, etc.): The windstorm blew down his house.
22.Informal.
a.to spend money on.
b.to squander; spend quickly: He blew a fortune on racing cars.
c.to waste; lose: The team blew the lead by making a bad play.
23.Informal. to mishandle, ruin, botch; make a mess of; bungle: With one stupid mistake he blew the whole project. It was your last chance and you blew it!
24.Slang. to damn: Blow the cost!
25.to put (a horse) out of breath by fatigue.
26.Slang. to depart from: to blow town.
27.Slang: Vulgar. to perform fellatio on.
28.Slang. to smoke (marijuana or other drugs).
–noun
29.a blast of air or wind: to clean machinery with a blow.
30.Informal. a violent windstorm, gale, hurricane, or the like: one of the worst blows we ever had around here.
31.an act of producing a blast of air, as in playing a wind instrument: a few discordant blows by the bugler.
32.Metallurgy.
a.a blast of air forced through a converter, as in the production of steel or copper.
b.the stage of the production process during which this blast is used.
33.Civil Engineering. boil1 (def. 12).
34.Slang. cocaine.
35.blow away, Slang.
a.to kill, esp. by gunfire: The gang threatened to blow away anyone who talked to the police.
b.to defeat decisively; trounce: She blew her opponent away in three straight sets.
c.to overwhelm with emotion, astonishment, etc.: Good poetry just blows me away.
36.blow down, Metallurgy. to suspend working of (a blast furnace) by smelting the existing charge with a diminishing blast.
37.blow in,
a.Slang. to arrive at a place, esp. unexpectedly: My uncle just blew in from Sacramento.
b.Metallurgy. to begin operations in (a blast furnace).
38.blow out,
a.to become extinguished: The candles blew out at once.
b.to lose force or cease: The storm has blown itself out.
c.(of an oil or gas well) to lose oil or gas uncontrollably.
d.Metallurgy. to blow down and clean (a blast furnace) in order to shut down.
39.blow over,
a.to pass away; subside: The storm blew over in five minutes.
b.to be forgotten: The scandal will eventually blow over.
40.blow up,
a.to come into being: A storm suddenly blew up.
b.to explode: The ship blew up.
c.to cause to explode: to blow up a bridge.
d.to exaggerate; enlarge: He blew up his own role in his account of the project.
e.Informal. to lose one's temper: When he heard she had quit school, he blew up.
f.to fill with air; inflate: to blow up a tire.
g.Photography. to make an enlarged reproduction of.
h.Mathematics. (of a function) to become infinite.
41.blow hot and cold, to favor something at first and reject it later on; waver; vacillate: His enthusiasm for the job blows hot and cold.
42.blow off,
a.to allow steam to be released.
b.Informal. to reduce or release tension, as by loud talking.
43.blow one's cool, Slang. to lose one's composure; become angry, frantic, or flustered.
44.blow one's cover. cover (def. 53).
45.blow one's lines, Theater. to forget or make an error in a speaking part or stage directions.
46.blow one's mind. mind (def. 35).
47.blow one's stack. stack (def. 23).
48.blow one's top. top1 (def. 42).

[Origin: bef. 1000; ME blowen (v.), OE blāwan; c. L flāre to blow]
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blow3    Audio Help   [bloh] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, blew, blown, blow·ing.
–noun
1.a yield or display of blossoms: the lilac's lavender blows.
2.a display of anything bright or brilliant: a rich, full blow of color.
3.state of blossoming; a flowering: a border of tulips in full blow.
–verb (used without object), verb (used with object)
4.Archaic. to blossom or cause to blossom.

[Origin: bef. 1000; ME blowen (v.), OE blōwan; akin to G blühen to bloom, L flōs flower]
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blow 1    Audio Help   (blō)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   blew (blōō), blown (blōn), blow·ing, blows

v.   intr.
  1. To be in a state of motion. Used of the air or of wind.
  2. To move along or be carried by or as if by the wind: Her hat blew away.
  3. To expel a current of air, as from the mouth or from a bellows.
  4. To produce a sound by expelling a current of air, as in sounding a wind instrument or a whistle.
  5. To breathe hard; pant.
  6. To storm: It blew all night.
  7. To release air or gas suddenly; burst or explode: The tire blew.
    1. To fail or break down, as from being operated under extreme or improper conditions: The furnace blew during the cold snap.
    2. To melt or otherwise become disabled. Used of a fuse.
  8. To spout moist air from the blowhole. Used of a whale.
  9. Informal To boast.
  10. Slang To go away; depart.

v.   tr.
  1. To cause to move by means of a current of air.
  2. To expel (air) from the mouth.
  3. To cause air or gas to be expelled suddenly from: blew a tire.
  4. To drive a current of air on, in, or through: blew my hair dry after I shampooed it.
  5. To clear out or make free of obstruction by forcing air through: constantly blowing his nose in allergy season.
  6. To shape or form (glass, for example) by forcing air or gas through at the end of a pipe.
  7. Music
    1. To cause (a wind instrument) to sound.
    2. To sound: a bugle blowing taps.
    3. To cause to be out of breath.
    4. To allow (a winded horse) to regain its breath.
    5. To cause to fail or break down, as by operating at extreme or improper conditions: blew the engine on the last lap.
    6. To cause (a fuse) to melt or become disabled.
    7. To spend (money) freely and rashly. See Synonyms at waste.
    8. To spend money freely on; treat: blew me to a sumptuous dinner.
    9. Slang To spoil or lose through ineptitude. See Synonyms at botch.
    10. To cause (a covert intelligence operation or operative) to be revealed and thereby jeopardized: a story in the press that blew their cover; an agent who was blown by the opposition.
    1. To cause to be out of breath.
    2. To allow (a winded horse) to regain its breath.
    3. To cause to fail or break down, as by operating at extreme or improper conditions: blew the engine on the last lap.
    4. To cause (a fuse) to melt or become disabled.
    5. To spend (money) freely and rashly. See Synonyms at waste.
    6. To spend money freely on; treat: blew me to a sumptuous dinner.
    7. Slang To spoil or lose through ineptitude. See Synonyms at botch.
    8. To cause (a covert intelligence operation or operative) to be revealed and thereby jeopardized: a story in the press that blew their cover; an agent who was blown by the opposition.
  8. To demolish by the force of an explosion: An artillery shell blew our headquarters apart.
  9. To lay or deposit eggs in. Used of certain insects.
    1. To cause to fail or break down, as by operating at extreme or improper conditions: blew the engine on the last lap.
    2. To cause (a fuse) to melt or become disabled.
    3. To spend (money) freely and rashly. See Synonyms at waste.
    4. To spend money freely on; treat: blew me to a sumptuous dinner.
    5. Slang To spoil or lose through ineptitude. See Synonyms at botch.
    6. To cause (a covert intelligence operation or operative) to be revealed and thereby jeopardized: a story in the press that blew their cover; an agent who was blown by the opposition.
  10. Slang
    1. To spend (money) freely and rashly. See Synonyms at waste.
    2. To spend money freely on; treat: blew me to a sumptuous dinner.
    3. Slang To spoil or lose through ineptitude. See Synonyms at botch.
    4. To cause (a covert intelligence operation or operative) to be revealed and thereby jeopardized: a story in the press that blew their cover; an agent who was blown by the opposition.
  11. Vulgar Slang To perform fellatio on.
    1. Slang To spoil or lose through ineptitude. See Synonyms at botch.
    2. To cause (a covert intelligence operation or operative) to be revealed and thereby jeopardized: a story in the press that blew their cover; an agent who was blown by the opposition.
  12. Slang To depart (a place) in a great hurry: Let's blow this city no later than noon.

n.  
  1. The act or an instance of blowing.
    1. A blast of air or wind.
    2. A storm.
  2. Informal An act of bragging.
  3. Slang Cocaine.
  4. To kill by shooting, especially with a firearm.
  5. To defeat decisively.
  6. To affect intensely; overwhelm: That concert blew me away.
  7. To relieve or release (pressure); let off.
  8. Slang To choose not to attend or accompany: They wanted us to come along, but we blew them off.
  9. To extinguish or be extinguished by a gust of air: blow out a candle.
  10. To fail, as an electrical apparatus.
  11. To erupt in an uncontrolled manner. Used of a gas or oil well.
  12. To come into being: A storm blew up.
  13. To fill with air; inflate: blow up a tire.
  14. To enlarge (a photographic image or print).
  15. To explode: bombs blowing up.
  16. To lose one's temper.

Phrasal Verb(s):
blow away Slang
  1. To kill by shooting, especially with a firearm.
  2. To defeat decisively.
  3. To affect intensely; overwhelm: That concert blew me away.
blow in Slang
To arrive, especially when unexpected.
blow off
  1. To relieve or release (pressure); let off.
  2. Slang To choose not to attend or accompany: They wanted us to come along, but we blew them off.
blow out
  1. To extinguish or be extinguished by a gust of air: blow out a candle.
  2. To fail, as an electrical apparatus.
  3. To erupt in an uncontrolled manner. Used of a gas or oil well.
blow over
To subside, wane, or pass over with little lasting effect: The storm blew over quickly. The scandal will soon blow over.
blow up
  1. To come into being: A storm blew up.
  2. To fill with air; inflate: blow up a tire.
  3. To enlarge (a photographic image or print).
  4. To explode: bombs blowing up.
  5. To lose one's temper.

Idiom(s):
blow a fuse/gasket Slang
To explode with anger.

Idiom(s):
blow hot and cold
To change one's opinion often on a matter; vacillate.

Idiom(s):
blow off steam
To give vent to pent-up emotion.

Idiom(s):
blow (one's) cool Slang
To lose one's composure.

Idiom(s):
blow (one's) mind Slang
To affect with intense emotion, such as amazement, excitement, or shock.

Idiom(s):
blow (one's) top/stack Informal
To lose one's temper.

Idiom(s):
blow out of proportion
To make more of than is reasonable; exaggerate.

Idiom(s):
blow smoke
  1. To speak deceptively.
  2. To brag or exaggerate.

[Middle English blowen, from Old English blāwan; see bhlē- in Indo-European roots.]

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n.  
  1. A sudden hard stroke or hit, as with the fist or an object.
  2. An unexpected shock or calamity.
  3. An unexpected attack; an assault.


[Middle English blaw.]

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n.  
  1. A mass of blossoms: peach blow.
  2. The state of blossoming.

intr. & tr.v.   blew (blōō), blown (blōn), blow·ing, blows
To bloom or cause to bloom.


[From Middle English blowen, to bloom, from Old English blōwan; see bhel-3 in Indo-European roots.]

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blow  (v.1)
"move air," O.E. blawan "make an air current, sound a wind instrument" (class VII strong verb; past tense bleow, pp. blawen), from P.Gmc. *blæ-anan (cf. O.H.G. blaen), from PIE *bhle- "to swell, blow up" (cf. L. flare "to blow"). Slang "do fellatio on" sense is from 1933, as blow (someone) off, originally among prostitutes (blow job first recorded 1961 in the sexual sense; as recently as 1953 it meant "a type of airplane"). This usage is probably not connected to the colloquial imprecation (1781, associated with sailors, e.g. Popeye's "well, blow me down!"), which has pp. blowed. Meaning "to spend (money) foolishly and all at once" is 1890s; that of "bungle an opportunity" is from 1943. Blowhard (n.) "braggart" is from 1820s; blowout "big, loud party" is 1824. To blow up "explode" is from 1599.

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blow  (v.2)
"blossom" (intrans.), source of the blown in full-blown; from O.E. blowan "to flower, blossom, flourish," from P.Gmc. *blæ-, from PIE *bhle-, extended form of *bhel- "to thrive, bloom" (see bole).

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blow  (n.)
"hard hit," c.1460, blowe, from northern and East Midlands dialects, perhaps from M.Du. blouwen "to beat," of unknown origin; influenced by blow (v.1).

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blow

noun
1. a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon; "a blow on the head" 
2. an impact (as from a collision); "the bump threw him off the bicycle" 
3. an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating [syn: reverse
4. an unpleasant or disappointing surprise; "it came as a shock to learn that he was injured" [syn: shock
5. a strong current of air; "the tree was bent almost double by the gust" [syn: gust
6. street names for cocaine [syn: coke
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" 

verb
1. exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down" 
2. be blowing or storming; "The wind blew from the West" 
3. free of obstruction by blowing air through; "blow one's nose" 
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" [syn: float
5. make a sound as if blown; "The whistle blew" 
6. shape by blowing; "Blow a glass vase" 
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" [syn: botch
8. spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree" [syn: waste] [ant: conserve
9. spend lavishly or wastefully on; "He blew a lot of money on his new home theater" 
10. sound by having air expelled through a tube; "The trumpets blew" 
11. play or sound a wind instrument; "She blew the horn" 
12. provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation [syn: fellate
13. cause air to go in, on, or through; "Blow my hair dry" 
14. cause to move by means of an air current; "The wind blew the leaves around in the yard" 
15. spout moist air from the blowhole; "The whales blew" 
16. leave; informal or rude; "shove off!"; "The children shoved along"; "Blow now!" [syn: shove off
17. lay eggs; "certain insects are said to blow" 
18. cause to be revealed and jeopardized; "The story blew their cover"; "The double agent was blown by the other side" 
19. show off 
20. allow to regain its breath; "blow a horse" 
21. melt, break, or become otherwise unusable; "The lightbulbs blew out"; "The fuse blew" [syn: blow out
22. burst suddenly; "The tire blew"; "We blew a tire" 

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In addition to the idioms beginning with blow, also see at one stroke (blow); body blow; come to blows; keep (blow) one's cool; low blow; way the wind blows.


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blow1 [bləu] noun
a stroke or knock
Example: a blow on the head
Arabic: ضَرْبَةٌ
Chinese (Simplified): 一击
Chinese (Traditional): 一擊
Czech: rána, úder
Danish: slag
Dutch: slag
Estonian: löök
Finnish: isku
French: coup
German: der Stoß
Greek: χτύπημα
Hungarian: ütés
Icelandic: högg
Indonesian: pukulan
Japanese: 強打
Korean: 타격
Latvian: sitiens; trieciens
Lithuanian: smūgis
Norwegian: slag, bank
Polish: cios, uderzenie
Portuguese (Brazil): pancada
Portuguese (Portugal): pancada
Romanian: lovitură
Russian: удар
Slovak: úder
Slovenian: udarec
Spanish: golpe
Swedish: slag, stöt
Turkish: vuruş, yumruk, darbe
blow2 [bləu] noun
a sudden misfortune
Example: Her husband's death was a real blow.
Arabic: صَدْمَةٌ، كارِثَةٌ
Chinese (Simplified): 打击
Chinese (Traditional): 打擊
Czech: rána
Danish: slag
Dutch: klap, tegenslag
Estonian: löök
Finnish: isku
French: coup (dur)
German: der Schicksalsschlag
Greek: πλήγμα, ατυχία
Hungarian: csapás
Icelandic: áfall
Indonesian: kemalangan tiba-tiba, pukulan
Japanese: 打撃
Korean: 뜻밖의 재해
Latvian: trieciens
Lithuanian: smūgis, sukrėtimas
Norwegian: slag
Polish: cios
Portuguese (Brazil): golpe
Portuguese (Portugal): golpe
Romanian: lovitură (grea)
Russian: удар (судьбы)
Slovak: rana
Slovenian: (hud) udarec
Spanish: golpe (duro)
Swedish: hårt slag
Turkish: darbe, yıkım, felâket
blow1 [bləu] verbpast tense blew [blu]; past participle blown
(of a current of air) to be moving
Example: The wind blew more strongly.
Arabic: يَهُبُّ، يَعْصِفُ
Chinese (Simplified):
Chinese (Traditional):
Czech: foukat
Danish: blæse
Dutch: waaien
Estonian: puhuma
Finnish: puhaltaa
French: souffler
German: wehen
Greek: φυσώ (για αέρα)
Hungarian: fúj
Icelandic: blása
Indonesian: bertiup, meniup
Japanese: 吹く
Korean: 불다
Latvian: (par vēju) pūst
Lithuanian: pūsti
Norwegian: blåse
Polish: dmuchać
Portuguese (Brazil): sopra
Portuguese (Portugal): soprar
Romanian: a sufla
Russian: дуть
Slovak: fúkať
Slovenian: pihati
Spanish: soplar
Swedish: blåsa
Turkish: esmek
blow2 [bləu] verb
(of eg wind) to cause (something) to move in a given way
Example: The explosion blew off the lid.
Arabic: يَعْصِفُ، يُطَيِّرُ، يَنْسِفُ
Chinese (Simplified): 吹掉
Chinese (Traditional): 吹掉
Czech: odfouknout
Danish: blæse; sprænge
Dutch: blazen
Estonian: lennutama
Finnish: lennättää
French: faire (s'en)voler
German: umwehen
Greek: παρασύρω προς την κατεύθυνσή μου (για αέρα)
Hungarian: lefúj
Icelandic: feykja
Indonesian: melemparkan, menumbangkan
Korean: 불어 움직이다
Latvian: pūst
Lithuanian: nupūsti
Norwegian: springe, eksplodere
Polish: dmuchnąć
Portuguese (Brazil): fazer voar
Portuguese (Portugal): fazer voar
Romanian: a lua pe sus
Russian: сдувать; сносить
Slovak: odfúknuť
Slovenian: odpihniti
Spanish: llevarse
Swedish: blåsa bort
Turkish: uçmak, uçurmak
blow3 [bləu] verb
to be moved by the wind etc
Example: The door must have blown shut.
Arabic: يحرّك (بواسطة الريح)
Chinese (Simplified): 吹动
Chinese (Traditional): 吹動
Czech: přirazit (větrem)
Danish: blæse
Dutch: waaien
Estonian: (tuulest) liikuma
Finnish: liikkua tuulen mukana
French: être poussé par le vent
German: (zu)blasen
Greek: παρασύρομαι από φύσημα
Hungarian: bevág
Icelandic: fjúka
Indonesian: tertiup
Japanese: 風が動かす
Korean: 바람으로 움직이다
Latvian: pūst
Lithuanian: už(si)trenkti
Norwegian: blåse
Polish: zatrzasnąć się, przesuwać się pod wpływem wiatru
Portuguese (Brazil): ser soprado
Portuguese (Portugal): ser soprado
Romanian: a fi împins de vânt
Russian: захлопываться
Slovak: pribuchnúť
Slovenian: loputniti (veter)
Spanish: salir volando, *despedido, moverse con el aire, viento, etc.
Swedish: blåsa igen
Turkish: uçmak, uçuşmak
blow4 [bləu] verb
to drive air (upon or into)
Example: Please blow into this tube!
Arabic: يَنْفُخُ
Chinese (Simplified): 吹气
Chinese (Traditional): 吹氣
Czech: foukat
Danish: blæse; puste
Dutch: blazen
Estonian: puhuma
Finnish: puhaltaa
French: souffler
Greek: φυσώ σε κάτι
Hungarian: belefúj
Icelandic: blása
Indonesian: meniup
Japanese: 息を吹き込む
Korean: 입김을 불다
Latvian: pūst
Lithuanian: (pa)pūsti
Norwegian: blåse
Polish: dmuchać
Portuguese (Brazil): soprar
Portuguese (Portugal): soprar
Romanian: a sufla
Russian: подуть
Slovak: fúkať
Slovenian: pihati
Spanish: soplar
Swedish: blåsa i
Turkish: üflemek, hohlamak
blow5 [bləu] verb
to make a sound by means of (a musical instrument etc)
Example: He blew the horn loudly.
Arabic: يَنْفُخُ، يَصْفُرُ
Chinese (Simplified): 吹响
Chinese (Traditional): 吹響
Czech: zatroubit (na)
Danish: blæse
Dutch: blazen op
Estonian: puhuma
Finnish: puhaltaa
French: souffler dans
German: blasen
Greek: παίζω πνευστό όργανο
Hungarian: (meg)fúj
Icelandic: blása
Indonesian: meniup
Japanese: 吹奏する
Korean: (악기 등을) 불다
Latvian: pūst (mūzikas instrumentu)
Lithuanian: papūsti
Norwegian: blåse i
Polish: zadąć
Portuguese (Brazil): soprar
Portuguese (Portugal): fazer soar
Romanian: a sufla în
Russian: дуть
Slovak: (za)trúbiť (na)
Slovenian: pihati v
Spanish: tocar, hacer sonar
Swedish: blåsa i
Turkish: üflemek, çalmak
See also: blow one's top, blow out, blow over, blow up, blow-lamp, blow-torch, blowhole, blowout, blowpipe

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Main Entry: 2blow
Function: noun
1 : the act of some insects of depositing eggs or larvae; also : a larva so deposited (as in a wound) —used chiefly of blowflies and flesh flies
2 : forcible ejection of air from the body (as in freeing the nose of mucus and debris)

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Main Entry: 1blow
Pronunciation: 'blO
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: blew /'blü/;blown /'blOn/;blow·ing
1 : to free (the nose) of mucus and debris by forcible exhalation
2 of blowflies and flesh flies : to deposit eggs or larvae on or in

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Blow

Blad"der\, n. [OE. bladder, bleddre, AS. bl?dre, bl?ddre; akin to Icel. bla?ra, SW. bl["a]ddra, Dan. bl[ae]re, D. blaar, OHG. bl[=a]tara the bladder in the body of animals, G. blatter blister, bustule; all fr. the same root as AS. bl[=a]wan, E. blow, to puff. See Blow to puff.]

1. (Anat.) A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the receptacle of some fluid; as, the urinary bladder; the gall bladder; -- applied especially to the urinary bladder, either within the animal, or when taken out and inflated with air.

2. Any vesicle or blister, especially if filled with air, or a thin, watery fluid.

3. (Bot.) A distended, membranaceous pericarp.

4. Anything inflated, empty, or unsound. "To swim with bladders of philosophy." --Rochester.

Bladder nut, or Bladder tree (Bot.), a genus of plants (Staphylea) with bladderlike seed pods.

Bladder pod (Bot.), a genus of low herbs (Vesicaria) with inflated seed pods.

Bladdor senna (Bot.), a genus of shrubs (Colutea), with membranaceous, inflated pods.

Bladder worm (Zo["o]l.), the larva of any species of tapeworm (T[ae]nia), found in the flesh or other parts of animals. See Measle, Cysticercus.

Bladder wrack (Bot.), the common black rock weed of the seacoast (Fucus nodosus and F. vesiculosus) -- called also bladder tangle. See Wrack.
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Blade\ (bl[=a]d), n. [OE. blade, blad, AS. bl[ae]d leaf; akin to OS., D., Dan., & Sw. blad, Icel. bla[eth], OHG. blat, G. blatt, and perh. to L. folium, Gr. fy`llon. The root is prob. the same as that of AS. bl[=o]wan, E. blow, to blossom. See Blow to blossom, and cf. Foil leaf of metal.]

1. Properly, the leaf, or flat part of the leaf, of any plant, especially of gramineous plants. The term is sometimes applied to the spire of grasses.

The crimson dulse . . . with its waving blade. --Percival.

First the blade, then ear, after that the full corn in the ear. --Mark iv. 28.

2. The cutting part of an instrument; as, the blade of a knife or a sword.

3. The broad part of an oar; also, one of the projecting arms of a screw propeller.

4. The scapula or shoulder blade.

5. pl. (Arch.) The principal rafters of a roof. --Weale.

6. pl. (Com.) The four large shell plates on the sides, and the five large ones of the middle, of the carapace of the sea turtle, which yield the best tortoise shell. --De Colange.

7. A sharp-witted, dashing, wild, or reckless, fellow; -- a word of somewhat indefinite meaning.

He saw a turnkey in a trice Fetter a troublesome blade. --Coleridge.
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Blast\ (bl[.a]st), n. [AS. bl[=ae]st a puff of wind, a blowing; akin to Icel. bl[=a]str, OHG. bl[=a]st, and fr. a verb akin to Icel. bl[=a]sa to blow, OHG. bl[^a]san, Goth. bl[=e]san (in comp.); all prob. from the same root as E. blow. See Blow to eject air.]

1. A violent gust of wind.

And see where surly Winter passes off, Far to the north, and calls his ruffian blasts; His blasts obey, and quit the howling hill. --Thomson.

2. A forcible stream of air from an orifice, as from a bellows, the mouth, etc. Hence: The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace; as, to melt so many tons of iron at a blast.

Note: The terms hot blast and cold blast are employed to designate whether the current is heated or not heated before entering the furnace. A blast furnace is said to be in blast while it is in operation, and out of blast when not in use.

3. The exhaust steam from and engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by the blast.

4. The sound made by blowing a wind instrument; strictly, the sound produces at one breath.

One blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand men. --Sir W. Scott.

The blast of triumph o'er thy grave. --Bryant.

5. A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight.

By the blast of God they perish. --Job iv. 9.

Virtue preserved from fell destruction's blast. --Shak.

6. The act of rending, or attempting to rend, heavy masses of rock, earth, etc., by the explosion of gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; also, the charge used for this purpose. "Large blasts are often used." --Tomlinson.

7. A flatulent disease of sheep.

Blast furnace, a furnace, usually a shaft furnace for smelting ores, into which air is forced by pressure.

Blast hole, a hole in the bottom of a pump stock through which water enters.

Blast nozzle, a fixed or variable orifice in the delivery end of a blast pipe; -- called also blast orifice.

In full blast, in complete operation; in a state of great activity. See Blast, n., 2. [Colloq.]
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Blew\, imp. of Blow.
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Blis"ter\, n. [OE.; akin to OD. bluyster, fr. the same root as blast, bladder, blow. See Blow to eject wind.]

1. A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a bladderlike elevation of the cuticle.

And painful blisters swelled my tender hands. --Grainger.

2. Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin, as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the surface, as on steel.

3. A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter, applied to raise a blister. --Dunglison.

Blister beetle, a beetle used to raise blisters, esp. the Lytta (or Cantharis) vesicatoria, called Cantharis or Spanish fly by druggists. See Cantharis.

Blister fly, a blister beetle.

Blister plaster, a plaster designed to raise a blister; -- usually made of Spanish flies.

Blister steel, crude steel formed from wrought iron by cementation; -- so called because of its blistered surface. Called also blistered steel.

Blood blister. See under Blood.
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Blood\, n. [OE. blod, blood, AS. bl?d; akin to D. bloed, OHG. bluot, G. blut, Goth, bl??, Sw. & Dan. blod; prob. fr. the same root as E. blow to bloom. See Blow to bloom.]

1. The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of the body, and bringing away waste products to be excreted. See under Arterial.

Note: The blood consists of a liquid, the plasma, containing minute particles, the blood corpuscles. In the invertebrate animals it is usually nearly colorless, and contains only one kind of corpuscles; but in all vertebrates, except Amphioxus, it contains some colorless corpuscles, with many more which are red and give the blood its uniformly red color. See Corpuscle, Plasma.

2. Relationship by descent from a common ancestor; consanguinity; kinship.

To share the blood of Saxon royalty. --Sir W. Scott.

A friend of our own blood. --Waller.

Half blood (Law), relationship through only one parent.

Whole blood, relationship through both father and mother. In American Law, blood includes both half blood, and whole blood. --Bouvier. --Peters.

3. Descent; lineage; especially, honorable birth; the highest royal lineage.

Give us a prince of blood, a son of Priam. --Shak.

I am a gentleman of blood and breeding. --Shak.

4. (Stock Breeding) Descent from parents of recognized breed; excellence or purity of breed.

Note: In stock breeding half blood is descent showing one half only of pure breed. Blue blood, full blood, or warm blood, is the same as blood.

5. The fleshy nature of man.

Nor gives it satisfaction to our blood. --Shak.

6. The shedding of blood; the taking of life, murder; manslaughter; destruction.

So wills the fierce, avenging sprite, Till blood for blood atones. --Hood.

7. A bloodthirsty or murderous disposition. [R.]

He was a thing of blood, whose every motion Was timed with dying cries. --Shak.

8. Temper of mind; disposition; state of the passions; -- as if the blood were the seat of emotions.

When you perceive his blood inclined to mirth. --Shak.

Note: Often, in this sense, accompanied with bad, cold, warm, or other qualifying word. Thus, to commit an act in cold blood, is to do it deliberately, and without sudden passion; to do it in bad blood, is to do it in anger. Warm blood denotes a temper inflamed or irritated. To warm or heat the blood is to excite the passions. Qualified by up, excited feeling or passion is signified; as, my blood was up.

9. A man of fire or spirit; a fiery spark; a gay, showy man; a rake.

Seest thou not . . . how giddily 'a turns about all the hot bloods between fourteen and five and thirty? --Shak.

It was the morning costume of a dandy or blood. --Thackeray.

10. The juice of anything, especially if red.

He washed . . . his clothes in the blood of grapes. --Gen. xiix. 11.

Note: Blood is often used as an adjective, and as the first part of self-explaining compound words; as, blood-bespotted, blood-bought, blood-curdling, blood-dyed, blood-red, blood-spilling, blood-stained, blood-warm, blood-won.

Blood baptism (Eccl. Hist.), the martyrdom of those who had not been baptized. They were considered as baptized in blood, and this was regarded as a full substitute for literal baptism.

Blood blister, a blister or bleb containing blood or bloody serum, usually caused by an injury.

Blood brother, brother by blood or birth.

Blood clam (Zo["o]l.), a bivalve mollusk of the genus Arca and allied genera, esp. Argina pexata of the American coast. So named from the color of its flesh.

Blood corpuscle. See Corpuscle.

Blood crystal (Physiol.), one of the crystals formed by the separation in a crystalline form of the h[ae]moglobin of the red blood corpuscles; h[ae]matocrystallin. All blood does not yield blood crystals.

Blood heat, heat equal to the temperature of human blood, or about 981/2 [deg] Fahr.

Blood horse, a horse whose blood or lineage is derived from the purest and most highly prized origin or stock.

Blood money. See in the Vocabulary.

Blood orange, an orange with dark red pulp.

Blood poisoning (Med.), a morbid state of the blood caused by the introduction of poisonous or infective matters from without, or the absorption or retention of such as are produced in the body itself; tox[ae]mia.

Blood pudding, a pudding made of blood and other materials.

Blood relation, one connected by blood or descent.

Blood spavin. See under Spavin.

Blood vessel. See in the Vocabulary.

Blue blood, the blood of noble or aristocratic families, which, according to a Spanish prover, has in it a tinge of blue; -- hence, a member of an old and aristocratic family.

Flesh and blood. (a) A blood relation, esp. a child. (b) Human nature.

In blood (Hunting), in a state of perfect health and vigor. --Shak.

To let blood. See under Let.

Prince of the blood, the son of a sovereign, or the issue of a royal family. The sons, brothers, and uncles of the sovereign are styled princes of the blood royal; and the daughters, sisters, and aunts are princesses of the blood royal.
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Bloom\, n. [OE. blome, fr. Icel. bl?m, bl?mi; akin to Sw. blom, Goth. bl?ma, OS. bl?mo, D. bloem, OHG. bluomo, bluoma, G. blume; fr. the same root as AS. bl?wan to blow, blossom. See Blow to bloom, and cf. Blossom.]

1. A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud; flowers, collectively.

The rich blooms of the tropics. --Prescott.

2. The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open; as, the cherry trees are in bloom. "Sight of vernal bloom." --Milton.

3. A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms; as, the bloom of youth.

Every successive mother has transmitted a fainter bloom, a more delicate and briefer beauty. --Hawthorne.

4. The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc. Hence: Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness; a flush; a glow.

A new, fresh, brilliant world, with all the bloom upon it. --Thackeray.

5. The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture.

6. A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather. --Knight.

7. (Min.) A popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals; as, the rose-red cobalt bloom.
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