Blow Definition

blō

blew, blowing, blown, blows

verb

blew, blowing, blown, blows

To be in a state of motion. Used of the air or of wind.

American Heritage

To move along or be carried by the wind.

Her hat blew away.

American Heritage

To force air onto, into, or through.

Webster's New World

To move with or have strong winds.

The storm blew all night.

American Heritage

To send out (breath, tobacco smoke, etc.) from the mouth.

Webster's New World

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noun

blows

The act of blowing.

Webster's New World

A blast of air.

Webster's New World

The blast of air forced through molten metal to remove impurities.

Webster's New World

A storm.

American Heritage

An act of bragging.

American Heritage

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adjective

(now chiefly dialectal, Northern England) Blue.

Wiktionary

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traumatic
blown

idiom

blow a fuse

To explode with anger.

American Heritage

blow hot and cold

To change one's opinion often on a matter; vacillate.

American Heritage

blow off steam

To give vent to pent-up emotion.

American Heritage

blow (one's) cool

To lose one's composure.

American Heritage

blow (one's) mind

To affect with intense emotion, such as amazement, excitement, or shock.

American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Blow

Noun

Singular:

blow

Plural:

blows

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Blow

Origin of Blow

From Middle English blowen, from Old English blāwan (“to blow, breathe, inflate, sound”), from Proto-Germanic *blēaną (“to blow”) (compare German blähen), from Proto-Indo-European *bhle- (“to swell, blow up”) (compare Latin flare (“to blow”), Old Armenian բեղուն (bełun, “fertile”), Albanian plas (“to blow, explode”)).

From Wiktionary
From Middle English blo, bloo, from Old English blāw (“blue”), from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue, dark blue, grey, black”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlēw- (“yellow, blond, grey”). Cognate with Latin flavus (“yellow”). More at blue.

From Wiktionary
Middle English blowen, from Old English blōwan, from Proto-Germanic *blōaną (compare Dutch bloeien, German blühen), from Proto-Indo-European *bhel- 'to thrive, bloom' (compare Latin florēre 'to bloom').

From Wiktionary
Middle English blowe, blaw, northern variant of blēwe, from Proto-Germanic *blewwaną 'to beat' (compare Old Norse blegði 'wedge', German bläuen, Middle Dutch blouwen). Related to block.

From Wiktionary
From Middle English blowen to bloom from Old English blōwan bhel-³ in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English blowen from Old English blāwan bhlē- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English blaw

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition