Blow

English Meaning

To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

1. To be in a state of motion. Used of the air or of wind.
2. To move along or be carried by or as if by the wind: Her hat blew away.
3. To expel a current of air, as from the mouth or from a bellows.
4. To produce a sound by expelling a current of air, as in sounding a wind instrument or a whistle.
5. To breathe hard; pant.
6. To storm: It blew all night.
7. To release air or gas suddenly; burst or explode: The tire blew.
8. To fail or break down, as from being operated under extreme or improper conditions: The furnace blew during the cold snap.
9. To melt or otherwise become disabled. Used of a fuse.
10. To spout moist air from the blowhole. Used of a whale.
11. Informal To boast.
12. Slang To go away; depart.
13. To cause to move by means of a current of air.
14. To expel (air) from the mouth.
15. To cause air or gas to be expelled suddenly from: blew a tire.
16. To drive a current of air on, in, or through: blew my hair dry after I shampooed it.
17. To clear out or make free of obstruction by forcing air through: constantly blowing his nose in allergy season.
18. To shape or form (glass, for example) by forcing air or gas through at the end of a pipe.
19. Music To cause (a wind instrument) to sound.
20. Music To sound: a bugle blowing taps.
21. To cause to be out of breath.
22. To allow (a winded horse) to regain its breath.
23. To demolish by the force of an explosion: An artillery shell blew our headquarters apart.
24. To lay or deposit eggs in. Used of certain insects.
25. To cause to fail or break down, as by operating at extreme or improper conditions: blew the engine on the last lap.
26. To cause (a fuse) to melt or become disabled.
27. Slang To spend (money) freely and rashly. See Synonyms at waste.
28. Slang To spend money freely on; treat: blew me to a sumptuous dinner.
29. Vulgar Slang To perform fellatio on.
30. Slang To spoil or lose through ineptitude. See Synonyms at botch.
31. To cause (a covert intelligence operation or operative) to be revealed and thereby jeopardized: a story in the press that blew their cover; an agent who was blown by the opposition.
32. Slang To depart (a place) in a great hurry: Let's blow this city no later than noon.
33. The act or an instance of blowing.
34. A blast of air or wind.
35. A storm.
36. Informal An act of bragging.
37. Slang Cocaine.
38. blow away Slang To kill by shooting, especially with a firearm.
39. blow away Slang To defeat decisively.
40. blow away Slang To affect intensely; overwhelm: That concert blew me away.
41. blow in Slang To arrive, especially when unexpected.
42. blow off To relieve or release (pressure); let off.
43. blow off Slang To choose not to attend or accompany: They wanted us to come along, but we blew them off.
44. blow out To extinguish or be extinguished by a gust of air: blow out a candle.
45. blow out To fail, as an electrical apparatus.
46. blow out To erupt in an uncontrolled manner. Used of a gas or oil well.
47. blow over To subside, wane, or pass over with little lasting effect: The storm blew over quickly. The scandal will soon blow over.
48. blow up To come into being: A storm blew up.
49. blow up To fill with air; inflate: blow up a tire.
50. blow up To enlarge (a photographic image or print).
51. blow up To explode: bombs blowing up.
52. blow up To lose one's temper.
53. fuse Slang To explode with anger.
54. blow hot and cold To change one's opinion often on a matter; vacillate.
55. blow off steam To give vent to pent-up emotion.
56. blow (one's) cool Slang To lose one's composure.
57. blow (one's) mind Slang To affect with intense emotion, such as amazement, excitement, or shock.
58. top Informal To lose one's temper.
59. blow out of proportion To make more of than is reasonable; exaggerate.
60. blow smoke To speak deceptively.
61. blow smoke To brag or exaggerate.
62. A sudden hard stroke or hit, as with the fist or an object.
63. An unexpected shock or calamity.
64. An unexpected attack; an assault.
65. A mass of blossoms: peach blow.
66. The state of blossoming.
67. To bloom or cause to bloom.