1. Cause to move by means of an air current
   "The wind blew the leaves around in the yard"
    
2. Exhale air forcefully through pursed lips, making a blast of moving air
   "blow on the soup to cool it down"
    
3. Be blowing or storming
   "The wind blew from the West"
    
4. Cause air to go in, on, or through
   "Blow my hair dry"
    
5. Free of obstruction by blowing air through
   "blow one's nose"
    
6. Be in motion due to some air or water current
   "The leaves were blowing in the wind";
   - float, drift, be adrift
    
7. Make a sound as if blown
   "The whistle blew"
    
8. Sound by having air expelled through a tube
   "The trumpets blew"
    
9. Play or sound a wind instrument
   "She blew the horn"
    
10. Shape by blowing
    "Blow a glass vase"
     
11. [informal] Badly mishandle or ruin something
    "I blew the dinner and we had to eat out";
    - botch, bodge [Brit, informal], bumble, fumble, botch up [informal], muff [informal], flub [N. Amer, informal], screw up [informal], spoil, muck up [informal], bungle, fluff [informal], bobble [N. Amer], mishandle, louse up [informal], foul up [informal], mess up, butcher, balls up [informal], cock up [Brit, informal], goof up [informal], make a hash of [informal]
     
12. [informal] Spend thoughtlessly; throw away
    "He blew his inheritance on his insincere friends";
    - waste, squander
     
13. [informal] Spend lavishly or wastefully on
    "He blew a lot of money on his new home theatre"
     
14. [N. Amer, informal] Leave somewhere, esp. suddenly or in a hurry
    "He blew town before the police arrived"; "Let's blow this party"
     
15. [informal] Be inadequate or objectionable
    "this blows!";
    - suck [informal], stink [informal]
     
16. Spout moist air from the blowhole
    "The whales blew"
     
17. Deposit eggs (of insects)
    "certain insects are said to blow"
     
18. Cause to be revealed and jeopardized
    "The story blew their cover"
     
19. [informal] Show off, esp. with exaggeration
    "He was always blowing about his athletic achievements";
    - boast, swash [archaic], shoot a line [informal], brag, gas [informal], bluster, vaunt, gasconade [archaic], skite [Austral, NZ, informal]
     
20. Allow to regain its breath
    "blow a horse"
     
21. Melt, break, or become otherwise unusable
    "The lightbulbs blew out"; "The fuse blew";
    - blow out, burn out
     
22. Burst suddenly
    "The tire blew"; "We blew a tire"
     
23. [vulgar] Provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation
    - fellate

1. A powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon
   "a blow on the head"
    
2. An impact (as from a collision)
   "the blow threw him off the bicycle";
   - bump
    
3. A strong current of air
   "there's quite a blow down by the shore";
   - gust, blast
    
4. Forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth
   "he gave his nose a loud blow";
   - puff
    
5. An unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
   "The project faced a major blow when funding was cut";
   - reverse, reversal, setback, black eye
    
6. An unpleasant or disappointing surprise
   "it came as a blow to learn that he was injured";
   - shock
    
7. [slang] A street name for cocaine
   "The dealer referred to the illegal substance as blow";
   - coke [slang], nose candy [slang], snow [slang], C [slang], gak [informal]

Derived forms: blows, blowing, blew, blown

Type of: act, air current, amplify, be, break, break down, break open, breathe out, breathing out, bring out, burst, cocaine, conk out [informal], consume, current of air, depart, deplete, die, direct, discharge, disclose, discover, displace, divulge, drop, eat, eat up, eject, exaggerate, excite, exhalation, exhale, exhaust, exist, expel, expend, expiration, expire, expose, fail, form, give away, give out, give up the ghost [informal], give way, go, go away, go bad, go wrong, gush, happening, hyperbolise [Brit], hyperbolize, impact, lay, lay bare, let on, let out, locomote, magnify, miscarry, move, natural event, occurrence, occurrent, overdraw, overstate, pack up [Brit, informal], put down, release, repose, rest, reveal, run through, send, shape, sound, spend, spirt [archaic], split, spout, spurt, stimulate, stir, stroke, surprise, travel, turn-up [Brit, informal], uncover, unwrap, use, use up, wind, wipe out

Part of: combat, fight, fighting, scrap

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