| Blow |
To flower; to blossom; to bloom. |
v. i. |
| Blow |
To cause to blossom; to put forth (blossoms or flowers). |
v. t. |
| Blow |
A blossom; a flower; also, a state of blossoming; a mass of blossoms. |
n. |
| Blow |
A forcible stroke with the hand, fist, or some instrument, as a rod, a club, an ax, or a sword. |
n. |
| Blow |
A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault. |
n. |
| Blow |
The infliction of evil; a sudden calamity; something which produces mental, physical, or financial suffering or loss (esp. when sudden); a buffet. |
n. |
| Blow |
To produce a current of air; to move, as air, esp. to move rapidly or with power; as, the wind blows. |
v. i. |
| Blow |
To send forth a forcible current of air, as from the mouth or from a pair of bellows. |
v. i. |
| Blow |
To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff. |
v. i. |
| Blow |
To sound on being blown into, as a trumpet. |
v. i. |
| Blow |
To spout water, etc., from the blowholes, as a whale. |
v. i. |
| Blow |
To be carried or moved by the wind; as, the dust blows in from the street. |
v. i. |
| Blow |
To talk loudly; to boast; to storm. |
v. i. |
| Blow |
To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means; as, to blow the fire. |
v. t. |
| Blow |
To drive by a current air; to impel; as, the tempest blew the ship ashore. |
v. t. |
| Blow |
To cause air to pass through by the action of the mouth, or otherwise; to cause to sound, as a wind instrument; as, to blow a trumpet; to blow an organ. |
v. t. |
| Blow |
To clear of contents by forcing air through; as, to blow an egg; to blow one's nose. |
v. t. |
| Blow |
To burst, shatter, or destroy by an explosion; -- usually with up, down, open, or similar adverb; as, to blow up a building. |
v. t. |
| Blow |
To spread by report; to publish; to disclose. |
v. t. |
| Blow |
To form by inflation; to swell by injecting air; as, to blow bubbles; to blow glass. |
v. t. |