blew
verb
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To produce an air current.
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To propel by an air current.
“Blow the dust off that book and open it up.”
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To be propelled by an air current.
“The leaves blow through the streets in the fall.”
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To create or shape by blowing; as in to blow bubbles, to blow glass.
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To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.
“to blow the fire”
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To clear of contents by forcing air through.
“to blow an egg”
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To cause to make sound by blowing, as a musical instrument.
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To make a sound as the result of being blown.
“In the harbor, the ships' horns blew.”
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(of a cetacean) To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while feeding.
“There she blows! (i.e. "I see a whale spouting!")”
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To explode.
“Get away from that burning gas tank! It's about to blow!”
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(with "up" or with prep phrase headed by "to") To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed.
“The aerosol can was blown to bits.”
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To cause sudden destruction of.
“He blew the tires and the engine.”
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To suddenly fail destructively.
“He tried to sprint, but his ligaments blew and he was barely able to walk to the finish line.”
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(used to express displeasure or frustration) Damn.
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To be very undesirable. (See also suck.)
“This blows!”
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To recklessly squander.
“I blew $35 thou on a car.”
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To fellate; to perform oral sex on (usually a man)
“Who did you have to blow to get those backstage passes?”
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To leave, especially suddenly or in a hurry.
“Let's blow this joint.”
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To make flyblown, to defile, especially with fly eggs.
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To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.
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To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.
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To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
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To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.
“to blow a horse”
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To talk loudly; to boast; to storm.
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To sing.
“That girl has a wonderful voice; just listen to her blow!”
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To leave the Church of Scientology in an unauthorized manner.
verb
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To blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom.
noun
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The colour of the clear sky or the deep sea, between green and violet in the visible spectrum, and one of the primary additive colours for transmitted light; the colour obtained by subtracting red and green from white light using magenta and cyan filters; or any colour resembling this.
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A blue dye or pigment.
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Any of several processes to protect metal against rust.
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Blue clothing
“The boys in blue marched to the pipers.”
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(in the plural) A blue uniform. See blues.
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A member of law enforcement
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The sky, literally or figuratively.
“His request for leave came out of the blue.”
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The ocean; deep waters.
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The far distance; a remote or distant place.
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Anything blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in color.
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A dog or cat with a slaty gray coat.
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One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of five points.
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Any of the butterflies of the subfamily Polyommatinae in the family Lycaenidae, most of which have blue on their wings.
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A bluefish.
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An argument.
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A liquid with an intense blue colour, added to a laundry wash to prevent yellowing of white clothes.
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A type of firecracker.
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A bluestocking.
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One of the three color charges for quarks.
adjective
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Of the colour blue.
“the deep blue sea”
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Depressed, melancholic, sad.
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Pale, without redness or glare; said of a flame.
“The candle burns blue.”
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Supportive of, run by (a member of), pertaining to, or dominated by a political party represented by the colour blue.
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Of the higher-frequency region of the part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation.
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(of steak) Extra rare; left very raw and cold.
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(of a dog or cat) Having a coat of fur of a slaty gray shade.
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Severe or overly strict in morals; gloomy.
“blue and sour religionists; blue laws”
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(of women) literary; bluestockinged.
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Having a color charge of blue.
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(entertainment) Risque or obscene
“His material is too blue for prime-time”
adjective
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(entertainment) Pornographic or profane.
“The air was blue with oaths.”
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