blow
To produce an air current.
Verb 4 meanings
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.”
To direct or move, usually of a person to a particular location.
Noun 4 meanings
A strong wind.
“We’re having a bit of a blow this afternoon.”
A chance to catch one's breath.
“The players were able to get a blow during the last timeout.”
An instance of using high-pressure air to empty water from the ballast tanks of a submarine, increasing the submarine's buoyancy and causing it to surface.
An instance of the act of striking or hitting.
“A fabricator is used to direct a sharp blow to the surface of the stone.”
Interjection 1 meaning
Used to express displeasure or frustration.
“Blow the expense!”
Adjective 1 meaning
Blue.
Etymology
From Middle English blowen, from Old English blāwan (“to blow, breathe, inflate, sound”), from Proto-West Germanic *blāan, from Proto-Germanic *blēaną (“to blow”) (compare German blähen), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to swell, blow up”) (compare Latin flō (“to blow”) and Old Armenian բեղուն (bełun, “fertile”)).
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BLOW at a glance
BLOW has 4 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (B 3 + L 1 + O 1 + W 4) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,460 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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