[bloh] 
verb, blew, blown, blow⋅ing, noun | 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. |
| 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.
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| 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). |
| 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.
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| 33. | Civil Engineering. boil 1 (def. 12). |
| 34. | Slang. cocaine. |
| 35. | blow away, Slang.
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| 36. | blow down, Metallurgy. to suspend working of (a blast furnace) by smelting the existing charge with a diminishing blast. |
| 37. | blow in,
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| 38. | blow out,
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| 39. | blow over,
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| 40. | blow up,
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| 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,
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| 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. top 1 (def. 42). |
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