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Blow (bl&ō;), v. i. [imp. Blew (bl&ū;); p. p. Blown (bl&ō;n); p. pr. & vb. n. Blowing.] [OE. blowen, AS. bl&ō;wan to blossom; akin to OS. bl&ō;jan, D. bloeijen, OHG. pluojan, MHG. bl&ü;ejen, G. bl&ü;hen, L. florere to flourish, OIr. blath blossom. Cf. Blow to puff, Flourish.] To flower; to blossom; to bloom.
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How blows the citron grove.
Milton.
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Blow, v. t. To cause to blossom; to put forth (blossoms or flowers).
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The odorous banks, that blow
Flowers of more mingled hue.
Milton.
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Blow, n. (Bot.) A blossom; a flower; also, a state of blossoming; a mass of blossoms. “Such a blow of tulips.” Tatler.
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Blow, n. [OE. blaw, blowe; cf. OHG. bliuwan, pliuwan, to beat, G. bl&ä;uen, Goth. bliggwan.] 1. A forcible stroke with the hand, fist, or some instrument, as a rod, a club, an ax, or a sword.
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Well struck ! there was blow for blow.
Shak.
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2. A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.
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A vigorous blow might win [Hanno's camp].
T. Arnold.
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3. The infliction of evil; a sudden calamity; something which produces mental, physical, or financial suffering or loss (esp. when sudden); a buffet.
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A most poor man, made tame to fortune's blows.
Shak.
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At a blow, suddenly; at one effort; by a single vigorous act. “They lose a province at a blow.” Dryden. -- To come to blows, to engage in combat; to fight; -- said of individuals, armies, and nations.
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Syn. -- Stroke; knock; shock; misfortune.
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Blow, v. i. [imp. Blew (bl&ū;); p. p. Blown (bl&ō;n); p. pr. & vb. n. Blowing.] [OE. blawen, blowen, AS. bl&ā;wan to blow, as wind; akin to OHG. pl&ā;jan, G. bl&ä;hen, to blow up, swell, L. flare to blow, Gr. 'ekflai`nein to spout out, and to E. bladder, blast, inflate, etc., and perh. blow to bloom.] 1. To produce a current of air; to move, as air, esp. to move rapidly or with power; as, the wind blows.
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Hark how it rains and blows !
Walton.
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2. To send forth a forcible current of air, as from the mouth or from a pair of bellows.
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3. To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
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Here is Mistress Page at the door, sweating and blowing.
Shak.
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4. To sound on being blown into, as a trumpet.
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There let the pealing organ blow.
Milton.
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5. To spout water, etc., from the blowholes, as a whale.
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6. To be carried or moved by the wind; as, the dust blows in from the street.
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The grass blows from their graves to thy own.
M. Arnold.
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7. To talk loudly; to boast; to storm. [Colloq.]
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You blow behind my back, but dare not say anything to my face.
Bartlett.
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8. To stop functioning due to a failure in an electrical circuit, especially on which breaks the circuit; sometimes used with out; -- used of light bulbs, electronic components, fuses; as, the dome light in the car blew out.
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9. To deflate by sudden loss of air; usually used with out; -- of inflatable tires.
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To blow hot and cold (a saying derived from a fable of Æsop's), to favor a thing at one time and treat it coldly at another; or to appear both to favor and to oppose. -- To blow off, to let steam escape through a passage provided for the purpose; as, the engine or steamer is blowing off. -- To blow out. (a) To be driven out by the expansive force of a gas or vapor; as, a steam cock or valve sometimes blows out. (b) To talk violently or abusively. [Low] -- To blow over, to pass away without effect; to cease, or be dissipated; as, the storm and the clouds have blown over. -- To blow up, to be torn to pieces and thrown into the air as by an explosion of powder or gas or the expansive force of steam; to burst; to explode; as, a powder mill or steam boiler blows up. “The enemy's magazines blew up.” Tatler.
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Blow, v. t. 1. To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means; as, to blow the fire.
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2. To drive by a current air; to impel; as, the tempest blew the ship ashore.
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Off at sea northeast winds blow
Sabean odors from the spicy shore.
Milton.
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3. 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; to blow a horn.
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Hath she no husband
That will take pains to blow a horn before her?
Shak.
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Boy, blow the pipe until the bubble rise,
Then cast it off to float upon the skies.
Parnell.
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4. To clear of contents by forcing air through; as, to blow an egg; to blow one's nose.
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5. To burst, shatter, or destroy by an explosion; -- usually with up, down, open, or similar adverb; as, to blow up a building.
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6. To spread by report; to publish; to disclose; to reveal, intentionally or inadvertently; as, to blow an agent's cover.
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Through the court his courtesy was blown.
Dryden.
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His language does his knowledge blow.
Whiting.
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7. To form by inflation; to swell by injecting air; as, to blow bubbles; to blow glass.
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8. To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.
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Look how imagination blows him.
Shak.
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9. To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue; as, to blow a horse. Sir W. Scott.
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10. To deposit eggs or larvæ upon, or in (meat, etc.).
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To suffer
The flesh fly blow my mouth.
Shak.
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11. To perform an act of fellatio on; to stimulate another's penis with one's mouth; -- usually considered vulgar. [slang]
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12. to smoke (e. g. marijuana); to blow pot. [colloq.]
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13. to botch; to bungle; as, he blew his chance at a good job by showing up late for the interview. [colloq.]
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14. to leave; to depart from; as, to blow town. [slang]
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15. to squander; as, he blew his inheritance gambling. [colloq.]
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To blow great guns, to blow furiously and with roaring blasts; -- said of the wind at sea or along the coast. -- To blow off, to empty (a boiler) of water through the blow-off pipe, while under steam pressure; also, to eject (steam, water, sediment, etc.) from a boiler. -- To blow one's own trumpet, to vaunt one's own exploits, or sound one's own praises. -- To blow out, to extinguish by a current of air, as a candle. -- To blow up. (a) To fill with air; to swell; as, to blow up a bladder or bubble. (b) To inflate, as with pride, self-conceit, etc.; to puff up; as, to blow one up with flattery. “Blown up with high conceits engendering pride.” Milton. (c) To excite; as, to blow up a contention. (d) To burst, to raise into the air, or to scatter, by an explosion; as, to blow up a fort. (e) To scold violently; as, to blow up a person for some offense. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]I have blown him up well -- nobody can say I wink at what he does.
G. Eliot.
[1913 Webster]-- To blow upon. (a) To blast; to taint; to bring into discredit; to render stale, unsavory, or worthless. (b) To inform against. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]How far the very custom of hearing anything spouted withers and blows upon a fine passage, may be seen in those speeches from [Shakespeare's] Henry V. which are current in the mouths of schoolboys.
C. Lamb.
[1913 Webster]A lady's maid whose character had been blown upon.
Macaulay.
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Blow (&unr_;), n. 1. A blowing, esp., a violent blowing of the wind; a gale; as, a heavy blow came on, and the ship put back to port.
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2. The act of forcing air from the mouth, or through or from some instrument; as, to give a hard blow on a whistle or horn; to give the fire a blow with the bellows.
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3. The spouting of a whale.
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4. (Metal.) A single heat or operation of the Bessemer converter. Raymond.
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5. An egg, or a larva, deposited by a fly on or in flesh, or the act of depositing it. Chapman.
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