I. verb
1.
to produce a current of air on
let the wind blow your hair dry
Synonyms: fan, ruffle, wind, winnow
2.
Synonyms: boast , brag, cock-a-doodle-doo, crow, gasconade, mouth, prate, puff, rodomontade, vaunt
3.
Synonyms: pant 1, gasp, heave, huff, ||pank, ||pegh, puff
4.
Synonyms: waste 2, blunder (away), consume, dissipate, fool (away), fritter, frivol away, squander, throw away, trifle (away)
5.
Synonyms: treat 3, set up, ||shout, stand
|| 6.
Synonyms: botch , bobble, bungle, flub, fumble, goof (up), louse up, mess, muff, ||screw (up)
|| 7.
Synonyms: go 2, depart, exit, get away, get off, leave, pull out, quit, retire, withdraw
II. noun
Synonyms: break 4, breath, breather, breathing space ( or breathing spell), respite, ten
III. verb
Synonyms: blossom , bloom, burgeon, effloresce, flower, outbloom
IV. noun
1.
a forceful sharp stroke (as with the fist or an instrument)
struck him a sudden blow
Synonyms: bang, bash, bastinado, bat, belt, biff, bop, crack, ||ding, ||douse, pound, slam, slosh, smack, smash, sock, ||swap, thwack, wallop, ||welt, whack, whop; compare cuff , hit 1
Related Word: recumbentibus, slug, ||souse; clip, pelt, plug, punch, swat
2.
Synonyms: impact 1, bump, collision, concussion, jar, jolt, percussion, shock, smash, wallop