I.
noun
1 hard knock that hits sb/sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ hard , heavy , nasty , painful , powerful , severe , sharp , stinging , violent
▪ deadly , fatal , final , mortal
▪ physical
▪ glancing , light
▪
Jack caught him a glancing ~ on the jaw.
▪ single
▪
He killed the man with a single ~ of the hammer.
… OF BLOWS
▪ flurry
VERB + BLOW
▪ get , receive , suffer , take
▪
He suffered a severe ~ to the head.
▪ catch sb , deal sb , deliver , give sb , land , rain (down) , strike sb
▪
It was the gardener who delivered the fatal ~.
▪
She landed a nasty ~ on his nose.
▪
He rained heavy ~s on the old woman.
▪ exchange
▪
The demonstrators exchanged ~s with the police.
▪ aim
▪
She aimed a ~ at Lucy.
▪ avoid , block , deflect , dodge , parry , ward off
▪ feel
▪
He felt a stinging ~ across the side of his face.
BLOW + VERB
▪ fall , land
▪
The ~ landed on my right shoulder.
▪ knock sb down, over, etc.
▪
The ~ knocked him to the ground.
▪ knock sb out
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
two ~s of the hammer
▪ ~ on
▪
a nasty ~ on the head
▪ ~ to
▪
a ~ to the victim's chest
PHRASES
▪ come to ~s
▪
The children came to ~s over the new toy.
▪ the force of the ~
▪
The force of the ~ knocked him out.
2 sudden shock/disappointment
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , great , huge , major , serious , severe , terrible
▪ bitter , crippling , cruel , crushing , devastating , knockout
▪ double
▪ decisive , mortal
▪
a mortal ~ to local industry
▪ body
VERB + BLOW
▪ deal (sb/sth) , deliver , strike
▪
His defeat dealt a crushing ~ to the party.
▪ receive , suffer
▪ cushion , soften
▪
to soften the ~ of tax increases
▪ come as
▪
The news came as a bitter ~ to the staff.
BLOW + VERB
▪ come , fall
▪
The ~ came at a meeting yesterday.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ for
▪
A tax on books would be a body ~ for education.
▪ ~ to
▪
Her decision to leave home was a terrible ~ to her parents.
PHRASES
▪ a bit of a ~ ( esp. BrE )
II.
verb
1 of wind/air, etc.
ADVERB
▪ hard , strongly
▪ gently
PREPOSITION
▪ from
▪
a gale ~ing from the west
▪ off
▪
The wind blew the papers off the table.
PHRASES
▪ ~ sth off course
▪
The ship was blown off course in the storm.
▪ see which way the wind is ~ing ( figurative )
▪
They won't commit themselves until they see which way the wind is ~ing.
2 send air out of your mouth
ADVERB
▪ hard
▪ softly
PREPOSITION
▪ on
▪
He blew on his soup to cool it.
Blow is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ air , ↑ blast , ↑ blizzard , ↑ breeze , ↑ curtain , ↑ draught , ↑ dust , ↑ fan , ↑ fuse , ↑ gale , ↑ hurricane , ↑ leaf , ↑ sand , ↑ tyre , ↑ whale , ↑ whistle , ↑ wind
Blow is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ air , ↑ bang , ↑ blizzard , ↑ bubble , ↑ budget , ↑ chance , ↑ cover , ↑ dust , ↑ fuse , ↑ glass , ↑ hole , ↑ horn , ↑ kiss , ↑ knee , ↑ mind , ↑ nose , ↑ smoke , ↑ snow , ↑ trumpet , ↑ tyre , ↑ whistle