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Blows

/bləʊz/

A strong wind.

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📖 Definitions of "Blows"

noun

1
A strong wind.
"We're having a bit of a blow this afternoon."
2
A chance to catch one’s breath.
"The players were able to get a blow during the last timeout."
3
Cocaine.
4
Cannabis.

verb

1
To produce an air current.
2
To propel by an air current.
"Blow the dust off that book and open it up."
3
To be propelled by an air current.
"The leaves blow through the streets in the fall."
4
To create or shape by blowing; as in to blow bubbles, to blow glass.

noun

1
The act of striking or hitting.
"A fabricator is used to direct a sharp blow to the surface of the stone."
2
A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.
3
A damaging occurrence.
"A further blow to the group came in 1917 when Thomson died while canoeing in Algonquin Park."

noun

1
A mass or display of flowers; a yield.
2
A display of anything brilliant or bright.
3
A bloom, state of flowering.
"Roses in full blow."

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Blows"

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Word	Definition
blow outverb	(transitive) To extinguish something, especially a flame, especially by means of a strong current of air or another gas.
bumpnoun	A light blow or jolting collision.
screw upverb	(transitive, colloquial) To make a mess of; to ruin.
ball upverb	(transitive, slang) To ruin or botch.
puffnoun	(countable) A small quantity of gas or smoke in the air.
burn outverb	(intransitive) To tire due to overwork; to overwork to one's limit.
fluffnoun	Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.
wastenoun	Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
shocknoun	A sudden, heavy impact.
blastnoun	A violent gust of wind (in windy weather) or apparent wind (around a moving vehicle).
setbacknoun	An obstacle, delay, disadvantage, or blow (an adverse event which slows down, or prevents progress towards a desired outcome).
gustnoun	A strong, abrupt rush of wind.
mess upverb	(transitive) To cause a problem with; to introduce an error or mistake in; to make muddled or confused; spoil; ruin.
louse upverb	(idiomatic, colloquial) To mess up; to confuse; to put into a state of disorder.
spoilverb	(transitive) To ruin; to damage in such a way as to make undesirable or unusable.
squanderverb	(transitive) To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate.
driftnoun	(physical) Movement; that which moves or is moved.
fumbleverb	(transitive, intransitive) To handle nervously or awkwardly.
bollocks upverb	(UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth, vulgar, slang) To fail to do correctly; to make a mess of.
muck upverb	(informal, transitive, intransitive) To ruin unintentionally.