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verb
  1. be in motion due to some air or water current
    "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"
    float  drift  be adrift  blow 
  2. exhale hard
    "blow on the soup to cool it down"
    blow 
  3. free of obstruction by blowing air through
    "blow one's nose"
    blow 
  4. melt, break, or become otherwise unusable
    "The lightbulbs blew out"; "The fuse blew"
    blow out  burn out  blow 
  5. burst suddenly
    "The tire blew"; "We blew a tire"
    blow 
  6. shape by blowing
    "Blow a glass vase"
    blow 
  7. show off
    boast  tout  swash  shoot a line  brag  gas  blow  bluster  vaunt  gasconade 
  8. cause to be revealed and jeopardized
    "The story blew their cover"; "The double agent was blown by the other side"
    blow 
  9. allow to regain its breath
    "blow a horse"
    blow 
  10. lay eggs
    "certain insects are said to blow"
    blow 
  11. cause to move by means of an air current
    "The wind blew the leaves around in the yard"
    blow 
  12. leave; informal or rude
    "shove off!"; "The children shoved along"; "Blow now!"
    shove off  shove along  blow 
  13. cause air to go in, on, or through
    "Blow my hair dry"
    blow 
  14. spout moist air from the blowhole
    "The whales blew"
    blow 
  15. play or sound a wind instrument
    "She blew the horn"
    blow 
  16. make a sound as if blown
    "The whistle blew"
    blow 
  17. sound by having air expelled through a tube
    "The trumpets blew"
    blow 
  18. provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation
    fellate  suck  blow  go down on 
  19. spend lavishly or wastefully on
    "He blew a lot of money on his new home theater"
    blow 
  20. spend thoughtlessly; throw away
    "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"
    waste  blow  squander 
  21. make a mess of, destroy or ruin
    "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
    botch  bodge  bumble  fumble  botch up  muff  blow  flub  screw up  ball up  spoil  muck up  bungle  fluff  bollix  bollix up  bollocks  bollocks up  bobble  mishandle  louse up  foul up  mess up  fuck up 
  22. be blowing or storming
    "The wind blew from the West"
    blow 
noun
  1. an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
    reverse  reversal  setback  blow  black eye 
  2. a strong current of air
    "the tree was bent almost double by the gust"
    gust  blast  blow 
  3. a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon
    "a blow on the head"
    blow 
  4. forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth
    "he gave his nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a single puff"
    blow  puff 
  5. street names for cocaine
    coke  blow  nose candy  snow  C 
  6. an impact (as from a collision)
    "the bump threw him off the bicycle"
    blow  bump 
  7. an unpleasant or disappointing surprise
    "it came as a shock to learn that he was injured"
    shock  blow 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University