BLOW


Meaning of BLOW in English

noun the spouting of a whale.

2. blow ·vt to inflate, as with pride; to puff up.

3. blow ·vi to sound on being blown into, as a trumpet.

4. blow ·vt to deposit eggs or larvae upon, or in (meat, ·etc. ).

5. blow ·noun a single heat or operation of the bessemer converter.

6. blow ·vi to spout water, ·etc., from the blowholes, as a whale.

7. blow ·vt to cause to blossom; to put forth (blossoms or flowers).

8. blow ·noun a sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.

9. blow ·noun a blossom; a flower; also, a state of blossoming; a mass of blossoms.

10. blow ·vt to put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue; as, to blow a horse.

11. blow ·vi to be carried or moved by the wind; as, the dust blows in from the street.

12. blow ·vi to talk loudly; to boast; to storm.

13. blow ·noun an egg, or a larva, deposited by a fly on or in flesh, or the act of depositing it.

14. blow ·vt to clear of contents by forcing air through; as, to blow an egg; to blow one's nose.

15. blow ·vt to form by inflation; to swell by injecting air; as, to blow bubbles; to blow glass.

xvi. blow ·vi to send forth a forcible current of air, as from the mouth or from a pair of bellows.

xvii. blow ·vi to breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.

xviii. blow ·vt to force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means; as, to blow the fire.

xix. blow ·vt to spread by report; to publish; to disclose.

xx. blow ·noun a forcible stroke with the hand, fist, or some instrument, as a rod, a club, an ax, or a sword.

xxi. blow ·vt to drive by a current air; to impel; as, the tempest blew the ship ashore.

xxii. blow ·vi to flower; to blossom; to bloom.

xxiii. blow ·vi to produce a current of air; to move, as air, ·esp. to move rapidly or with power; as, the wind blows.

xxiv. blow ·noun a blowing, ·esp., a violent blowing of the wind; a gale; as, a heavy blow came on, and the ship put back to port.

xxv. blow ·vt to burst, shatter, or destroy by an explosion;

— usually with up, down, open, or similar adverb; as, to blow up a building.

xxvi. blow ·noun the infliction of evil; a sudden calamity; something which produces mental, physical, or financial suffering or loss (·esp. when sudden); a buffet.

xxvii. blow ·noun 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.

xxviii. blow ·vt 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.

Webster English vocab.      Английский словарь Webster.