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8 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Blow \Blow\, v. t. To cause to blossom; to put forth (blossoms or flowers). The odorous banks, that blow Flowers of more mingled hue. --Milton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Blow \Blow\, n. (Bot.) A blossom; a flower; also a state of blossoming; a mass of blossoms. ``Such a blow of tulips.'' --Tatler. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Blow \Blow\, n. [OE. blaw, blowe; cf OHG. bliuwan pliuwan to beat G. bl["a]uen, Goth. bliggwan.] 1. A forcible stroke with the hand, fist, or some instrument, as a rod, a club, an ax or a sword. Well struck ! there was blow for blow. --Shak. 2. A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault. A vigorous blow might win [Hanno's camp]. --T. Arnold. 3. The infliction of evil; a sudden calamity; something which produces mental, physical, or financial suffering or loss (esp. when sudden); a buffet. A most poor man, made tame to fortune's blows. --Shak. {At a blow}, suddenly; at one effort; by a single vigorous act ``They lose a province at a blow.'' --Dryden. {To come to blows}, to engage in combat; to fight; -- said of individuals, armies, and nations. Syn: Stroke; knock; shock; misfortune. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Blow \Blow\ (bl[=o]), v. i. [imp. {Blew} (bl[=u]); p. p. {Blown} (bl[=o]n); p. pr & vb n. {Blowing}.] [OE. blowen, AS bl[=o]wan to blossom; akin to OS bl[=o]jan, D. bloeijen OHG. pluojan MHG. bl["u]ejen, G. bl["u]hen, L. florere to flourish, OIr. blath blossom. Cf {Blow} to puff, {Flourish}.] To flower; to blossom; to bloom. How blows the citron grove. --Milton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Blow \Blow\, v. i. [imp. {Blew} (bl[=u]); p. p. {Blown} (bl[=o]n); p. pr & vb n. {Blowing}.] [OE. blawen, blowen, AS bl[=a]wan to blow, as wind; akin to OHG. pl[=a]jan, G. bl["a]hen, to blow up swell, L. flare to blow, Gr 'ekflai`nein to spout out and to E. bladder, blast, inflate, etc., and perh. blow to bloom.] 1. To produce a current of air; to move as air, esp. to move rapidly or with power; as the wind blows. Hark how it rains and blows ! --Walton. 2. To send forth a forcible current of air, as from the mouth or from a pair of bellows. 3. To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff. Here is Mistress Page at the door, sweating and blowing. --Shak. 4. To sound on being blown into as a trumpet. There let the pealing organ blow. --Milton. 5. To spout water, etc., from the blowholes, as a whale. 6. To be carried or moved by the wind; as the dust blows in from the street. The grass blows from their graves to thy own --M. Arnold. 7. To talk loudly; to boast; to storm. [Colloq.] You blow behind my back but dare not say anything to my face. --Bartlett. {To blow hot and cold} (a saying derived from a fable of [AE]sop's), to favor a thing at one time and treat it coldly at another; or to appear both to favor and to oppose. {To blow off}, to let steam escape through a passage provided for the purpose; as the engine or steamer is blowing off {To blow out}. a To be driven out by the expansive force of a gas or vapor; as a steam cock or valve sometimes blows out b To talk violently or abusively. [Low] {To blow over}, to pass away without effect; to cease, or be dissipated; as the storm and the clouds have blown over {To blow up}, to be torn to pieces and thrown into the air as by an explosion of powder or gas or the expansive force of steam; to burst; to explode; as a powder mill or steam boiler blows up ``The enemy's magazines blew up.'' --Tatler. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Blow \Blow\, v. t. 1. To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means as to blow the fire. 2. To drive by a current air; to impel; as the tempest blew the ship ashore. Off at sea northeast winds blow Sabean odors from the spicy shore. --Milton. 3. 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. Hath she no husband That will take pains to blow a horn before her? --Shak. Boy, blow the pipe until the bubble rise, Then cast it off to float upon the skies. --Parnell. 4. To clear of contents by forcing air through as to blow an egg; to blow one's nose. 5. To burst, shatter, or destroy by an explosion; -- usually with up down open or similar adverb; as to blow up a building. 6. To spread by report; to publish; to disclose. Through the court his courtesy was blown. --Dryden. His language does his knowledge blow. --Whiting. 7. To form by inflation; to swell by injecting air; as to blow bubbles; to blow glass. 8. To inflate, as with pride; to puff up Look how imagination blows him --Shak. 9. To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue; as to blow a horse. --Sir W. Scott. 10. To deposit eggs or larv[ae] upon or in (meat, etc.). To suffer The flesh fly blow my mouth. --Shak. {To blow great guns}, to blow furiously and with roaring blasts; -- said of the wind at sea or along the coast. {To blow off}, to empty (a boiler) of water through the blow-off pipe, while under steam pressure; also to eject (steam, water, sediment, etc.) from a boiler. {To blow one's own trumpet}, to vaunt one's own exploits, or sound one's own praises. {To blow out}, to extinguish by a current of air, as a candle. {To blow up}. a To fill with air; to swell; as to blow up a bladder or bubble. b To inflate, as with pride, self-conceit, etc.; to puff up as to blow one up with flattery. ``Blown up with high conceits engendering pride.'' --Milton. c To excite; as to blow up a contention. d To burst, to raise into the air, or to scatter, by an explosion; as to blow up a fort. e To scold violently; as to blow up a person for some offense. [Colloq.] I have blown him up well -- nobody can say I wink at what he does --G. Eliot. {To blow upon}. a To blast; to taint; to bring into discredit; to render stale, unsavory, or worthless. b To inform against. [Colloq.] How far the very custom of hearing anything spouted withers and blows upon a fine passage, may be seen in those speeches from [Shakespeare's] Henry V. which are current in the mouths of schoolboys. --C. Lamb. A lady's maid whose character had been blown upon --Macaulay. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Blow \Blow\, n. 1. A blowing, esp., a violent blowing of the wind; a gale; as a heavy blow came on and the ship put back to port. 2. 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. 3. The spouting of a whale. 4. (Metal.) A single heat or operation of the Bessemer converter. --Raymond. 5. An egg, or a larva, deposited by a fly on or in flesh, or the act of depositing it --Chapman. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: blow n 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" [syn: {bump}] 3: an unfortunate happening that hinders of impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating [syn: {reverse}, {reversal}, {setback}] 4: an unpleasant or disappointing surprise; "it came as a shock to learn that he was injured"; "it was blow to their hopes of reconciliation" [syn: {shock}] 5: a strong current of air; "the tree was bent almost double by the gust" [syn: {gust}, {blast}] 6: forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth; "he gave his nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a single puff" [syn: {puff}] v 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 current; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake" [syn: {float}, {drift}, {be adrift}] 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 [syn: {botch}, {fumble}, {botch up}, {muff}, {flub}, {screw up}, {ball up}, {blunder}, {spoil}, {muck up}, {bungle}, {fluff}, {bollix}, {bollix up}, {bollocks}, {bollocks up}, {bobble}, {mishandle}, {louse up}, {foul up}, {mess up}, {fuck up}] 8: spend thoughtlessly; throw away "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends" [syn: {waste}, {squander}] [ant: {conserve}] 9: spend lavishly or wastefully on "He blew a lot of money on his new home theater" [syn: {squander}] [ant: {save}] 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}, {go down on}] 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, as of some marine mammals; "The whales blew" 16: leave informal or rude: "shove off!"; "The children shoved along"; "Blow now!" [syn: {shove off}, {shove along}] 17: lay eggs; of certain insects 18: cause to be revealed and jeopardized; "The story blew their cover"; "The double agent was blown by the other side" 19: show off [syn: {boast}, {tout}, {swash}, {shoot a line}, {brag}, {gas}, {bluster}, {vaunt}, {gasconade}] 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}, {burn out}] 22: burst suddenly; "The tire blew"; "We blew a tire"
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