1. a sudden, hard stroke with a hand, fist, or weapon: a blow to the head.
2. a sudden shock, calamity, reversal, etc.: His wife's death was a terrible blow to him.
3. a sudden attack or drastic action: The invaders struck a blow to the south.

4. with a single act: He became wealthy and famous at one blow.
5. to begin to fight, especially to engage in physical combat: They came to blows over the referee's ruling.
6. to hit.
7. to further or advance the cause of: to strike a blow for civil rights.
8. without a battle or contest: The military coup was accomplished without striking a blow.

1. (of the wind or air) to be in motion.
2. to move along, carried by or as by the wind: Dust seemed to blow through every crack in the house.
3. to produce or emit a current of air, as with the mouth or a bellows: Blow on your hands to warm them.
4. (of a horn, trumpet, etc.) to give out sound.
5. to make a blowing sound; whistle: The siren blew just as we rounded the corner.
6. (of horses) to breathe hard or quickly; pant.
7. (of a whale) to spout.
8. (of a fuse, light bulb, vacuum tube, tire, etc.) to burst, melt, stop functioning, or be destroyed by exploding, overloading, etc. (often followed by out): A fuse blew just as we sat down to dinner. The rear tire blew out.
9. to burst from internal pressure: Poorly sealed cans will often blow.
10. to leave; depart.
11. to perform fellatio on a man.
12. to be unpleasant or unfortunate: He’s so broke that he has to move back in with his parents, which totally blows.
13. to be inferior, as in quality or execution: The vacation package blew so bad that everyone is asking the resort for a refund.
14. to boast; brag: He kept blowing about his medals.

15. to drive by means of a current of air: A sudden breeze blew the smoke into the house.
16. to spread or make widely known: Growing panic blew the rumor about.
17. to drive a current of air upon.
18. to clear or empty by forcing air through: Try blowing your nose.
19. to shape (glass, smoke, etc.) with a current of air: to blow smoke rings.
20. to cause to sound, as by a current of air: Blow your horn at the next crossing.
21. to play (a musical instrument of any kind).
22. to cause to explode (often followed by up, to bits, etc.): A mine blew the ship to bits.
23. to burst, melt, burn out, or destroy by exploding, overloading, etc. (often followed by out): to blow a tire; blow a fuse.
24. to destroy; demolish (usually followed by down, over, etc.): The windstorm blew down his house.
25. Informal.
• to spend money on.
• to squander; spend quickly: He blew a fortune on racing cars.
• to waste; lose: The team blew the lead by making a bad play.
26. to mishandle, ruin, botch; make a mess of; bungle: With one stupid mistake he blew the whole project. It was your last chance and you blew it!
27. to put (a horse) out of breath by fatigue.
28. to depart from: to blow town.
29. to perform fellatio on: She was blowing strangers for money to support her drug habit. Blow me!
30. to smoke (marijuana or other drugs).
31. to damn: Blow the cost!

32. a blast of air or wind: to clean machinery with a blow.
33. a violent windstorm, gale, hurricane, or the like: one of the worst blows we ever had around here.
34. an act of producing a blast of air, as in playing a wind instrument: a few discordant blows by the bugler.
35. cocaine.
36. Metallurgy.
• a blast of air forced through a converter, as in the production of steel or copper.
• the stage of the production process during which this blast is used.
37. boil¹ (def. 12).

38. blow away, Slang.
• to kill, especially by gunfire: The gang threatened to blow away anyone who talked to the police.
• to defeat decisively; trounce: She blew her opponent away in three straight sets.
• to overwhelm with emotion, astonishment, etc.: Good poetry just blows me away.
39. to suspend working of (a blast furnace) by smelting the existing charge with a diminishing blast.
40. blow in,
• to arrive at a place, especially unexpectedly: My uncle just blew in from Sacramento.
• to begin operations in (a blast furnace).
41. blow off,
• to allow steam to be released.
• to reduce or release tension, as by loud talking.
• to ignore, evade, or treat as unimportant: I mentioned his insulting remark, and he just blew the whole thing off.
• to not go to or participate in: He blew off his first-period class three times that week.
• to fail to meet (someone) as planned without alerting the person beforehand: I waited 20 minutes before I realized my sister had blown me off.
• to end a romantic or other relationship with: He blew me off after our third date.
42. blow out,
• to become extinguished: The candles blew out at once.
• to lose force or cease: The storm has blown itself out.
• (of an oil or gas well) to lose oil or gas uncontrollably.
• to blow down and clean (a blast furnace) in order to shut down.
43. blow over,
• to pass away; subside: The storm blew over in five minutes.
• to be forgotten: The scandal will eventually blow over.
44. blow up,
• to come into being: A storm suddenly blew up.
• to explode: The ship blew up.
• to cause to explode: to blow up a bridge.
• to exaggerate; enlarge: He blew up his own role in his account of the project.
• to lose one's temper: When he heard she had quit school, he blew up.
• to fill with air; inflate: to blow up a tire.
• to surge in interest or popularity, or suddenly achieve great success: She’s a big celebrity now—her YouTube channel is blowing up.
• (of a story, image, etc.) to dominate (the media) or be spread rapidly or widely on (the internet or a website): The scandal has been blowing up the national news reports. His offensive comments blew up Twitter.
• to repeatedly call or send a high volume of continuous text messages or emails to (a digital account): This girl was blowing up my phone with her annoying texts.
• to have a surge in text messages, emails, phone calls, etc.: My inbox blew up right after I posted the photo. Her phone was blowing up with concerned calls from family and friends.
• to make an enlarged reproduction of.
• (of a function) to become infinite.

45. chunk¹ (def. 8).
46. to favor something at first and reject it later on; waver; vacillate: His enthusiasm for the job blows hot and cold.
47. steam (def. 23).
48. to lose one's composure; become angry, frantic, or flustered.
49. cover (def. 53).
50. to forget or make an error in a speaking part or stage directions.
51. mind (def. 36).
52. stack (def. 24).
53. top¹ (def. 44).

1. a yield or display of blossoms: the lilac's lavender blows.
2. a display of anything bright or brilliant: a rich, full blow of color.
3. state of blossoming; a flowering: a border of tulips in full blow.

4. to blossom or cause to blossom.

1. (of a current of air, the wind, etc) to be or cause to be in motion
2. to move or be carried by or as if by wind or air
3. to expel (air, cigarette smoke, etc) through the mouth or nose
4. to force or cause (air, dust, etc) to move (into, in, over, etc) by using an instrument or by expelling breath
5. to breathe hard; pant
6. to inflate with air or the breath
7. (of wind, a storm, etc) to make a roaring or whistling sound
8. to cause (a whistle, siren, etc) to sound by forcing air into it, as a signal, or (of a whistle, etc) to sound thus
9. to force air from the lungs through (the nose) to clear out mucus or obstructing matter
10. to explode, break, or disintegrate completely
11. to burn out (a fuse, valve, etc) because of excessive current or (of a fuse, valve, etc) to burn out
12. to lose one's temper
13. (of a whale) to spout water or air from the lungs
14. to wind (a horse) by making it run excessively
15. to cause (a wind instrument) to sound by forcing one's breath into the mouthpiece, or (of such an instrument) to sound in this way
16. to play in a jam session
17. (of flies) to lay eggs (in)
18. to shape (glass, ornaments, etc) by forcing air or gas through the material when molten
19. to boast or brag
20. (tr) slang
• to spend (money) freely
• to treat or entertain
21. to use (an opportunity) ineffectively
22. to go suddenly away (from)
23. to expose or betray (a person or thing meant to be kept secret)
24. to inhale (a drug)
25. to masturbate
26. past participle blowed informal another word for damn I'll be blowed; blow it!
27. draughts another word for huff (def. 4)
28. to vacillate
29. to kiss one's hand, then blow across it as if to carry the kiss through the air to another person
30. to boast of one's own skills or good qualities
31. blow someone's mind slang
• (of a drug, esp LSD) to alter someone's mental state
• to astound or surprise someone
32. to lose one's temper

33. the act or an instance of blowing
34. the sound produced by blowing
35. a blast of air or wind
36. metallurgy
• a stage in the Bessemer process in which air is blasted upwards through molten pig iron
• the quantity of metal treated in a Bessemer converter
37. mining
• a rush of air into a mine
• the collapse of a mine roof
38. a jam session
• British a slang name for cannabis (def. 2)
• US a slang name for cocaine

1. a powerful or heavy stroke with the fist, a weapon, etc
2. by or with only one action; all at one time
3. a sudden setback; unfortunate event
4. come to blows
• to fight
• to result in a fight
5. an attacking action
6. a stroke of the shears in sheep-shearing

1. (of a plant or flower) to blossom or open out
2. to produce (flowers)

3. a mass of blossoms
4. the state or period of blossoming (esp in the phrase in full blow)

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