Blow

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1 Pronunciation 2 Verb 2.1 Translations 3 Noun 3.2 Translations

Pronunciation

to blow (blew, blown)

1. Intransitive to produce air flow
   • Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow!
2. Intransitive to explode
3. Intransitive (slang) to be very undesirable (see also suck)
   • This blows!
4. Transitive (often with up) to inflate
   • blow bubbles, blow up a balloon

• Dutch: blazen, opblazen
• Esperanto: blovi
• Finnish: tuulla (1), räjähtää (2), puhaltaa (4)
• French: souffler (1), exploser (2)
• Indonesian: meniup, meledakkan
• Japanese: 吹く (ふく, fuku), 爆発する (ばくはつする, bakuhatsu-suru)

1. the act of striking or hitting
   • ...a fabricator is used to direct a sharp blow to the surface of the stone.
   • During an exchange to end round 13, Duran landed a blow to the mid-section...
2. (metaphorical) an unfortunate occurance
   • A further blow to the group came in 1917 when Thomson died while canoeing in Algonquin Park.
3. (slang) cocaine
4. a strong wind.
   • We're having a bit of a blow this afternoon.