blow
/bloʊ/ verb A1- To produce an air current.
- To propel by an air current (or, if under water, a water current), usually with the mouth. · Blow the dust off that book and open it up.
- To be propelled by an air current. · The leaves blow through the streets in the fall.· What stormy weather —the roofs are blowing off!
- To direct or move, usually of a person to a particular location.
- To create or shape by blowing. · to blow bubbles· to blow glass
- To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means. · to blow the fire
- To clear of contents by forcing air through. · to blow an egg· to blow one’s nose
- To cause to make sound by blowing (as a musical instrument). · Blow your horn! That car is about to hit us!
He/she/it blows · Past blew · Past participle blown · -ing form blowing
Verb forms
- Base form
- blow
- He/she/it
- blows
- Past
- blew
- Past participle
- blown
- -ing form
- blowing
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- blow apart To destroy (something) by explosion or figuratively simil...
- blow away Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blow, ...
- blow down To knock over with an air current, most often wind.
- blow in To unexpectedly and casually arrive.
- blow into To enter (a place) casually.
- blow off Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blow, ...
- blow on To forcefully expel air from the lungs onto an object.
- blow out To extinguish something, especially a flame, especially b...
- blow over To blow on something causing it to topple.
- blow through To expend or waste rapidly.
- blow up Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blow, up.
From the library
And blown by all the winds that pass
And blow the birds about the sky;
O wind, a-blowing all day long,
O wind, a-blowing all day long,
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