blow
English
/bləʊ/, /bloʊ/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To produce an air current.
- (transitive) To propel by an air current.
- (intransitive) To be propelled by an air current.
- (transitive) To create or shape by blowing; as in to blow bubbles, to blow glass.
- To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.
- To clear of contents by forcing air through.
- (transitive) To cause to make sound by blowing, as a musical instrument.
- (intransitive) To make a sound as the result of being blown.
- (intransitive) To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while feeding.
- (intransitive) To explode.
- (transitive) To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed.
- (transitive) To cause sudden destruction of.
- (intransitive) To suddenly fail destructively.
- (intransitive) (used to express displeasure or frustration) Damn.
- (intransitive) To be very undesirable. (See also suck (suck).)
- (transitive) To recklessly squander.
- (transitive) To fellate; to perform oral sex on (usually a man)
- (transitive) To leave, especially suddenly or in a hurry.
- To make flyblown, to defile, especially with fly eggs.
- (obsolete) To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.
- (obsolete) To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.
- (intransitive) To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
- (transitive) To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.
- (obsolete) To talk loudly; to boast; to storm.
- (slang) To sing.
- (Scientology) To leave the Church of Scientology in an unauthorized manner.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English blowen (blossom, blow) inherited from Old English blāwan (blow, inflate, breathe, sound) inherited from *blāan inherited from Proto-Germanic *blēaną (blow) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (blow, bleat, swell, blow up, cry, yellow, surge, overflow, run, puff up, blue, inflate, grey), *bʰleh₁- (blow, bleat, swell, blow up, cry, yellow, surge, overflow, run, puff up, blue, inflate, grey).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰleh₁-
Gloss
blow, bleat, swell, blow up, cry, yellow, surge, overflow, run, puff up, blue, inflate, grey
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Hornblower English
- ablow English
- alcoblow English
- back English
- ball English
- beblow English
- blow off English
- blow out English
- blow up English
- blow-wave English
- blowability English
- blowable English
- blowback English
- blowball English
- blowbuddy English
- blowdart English
- blowdown English
- blower English
- blowest English
- bloweth English
- blowfish English
- blowgun English
- blowhard English
- blowhole English
- blowhorn English
- blowie English
- blowing English
- blowjob English
- blowlamp English
- blowpipe English
- blowpoint English
- blowth English
- blowtorch English
- blowtube English
- blowy English
- buddy English
- by-blow English
- counterblow English
- dart English
- death English
- deathblow English
- down English
- fish English
- fly English
- flyblow English
- glassblower English
- glassblowing English
- gun English
- hard English
- hole English
- horn English
- hornblower English
- inblow English
- inflate English
- job English
- lamp English
- mind English
- mindblow English
- mindblower English
- misblow English
- out English
- outblow English
- overblow English
- peach English
- peachblow English
- pipe English
- point English
- preblow English
- safeblower English
- safeblowing English
- snowblower English
- stoneblower English
- stoneblowing English
- torch English
- tube English
- underblow English
- up English
- upblow English
- upblowing English
- wave English
- whistle-blower English
- whistleblowing English
- afflo Latin
- circumflo Latin
- conflo Latin
- cōnflātus Latin
- flabrum Latin
- flatus Latin
- flemen Latin
- flo Latin
- florus Latin
- fluō Latin
- flō Latin
- inflo Latin
- sufflo Latin
- īnflātiō Latin
- Blähsucht German
- Blähung German
- aufblähen German
- aufblühen German
- bleuen German
- blähen German
- blühen German
- erblühen German
- verbläuen German
- bleiten Dutch, Flemish
- inflatie Dutch, Flemish
- flatulence French
- *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰleh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *blēandz Proto-Germanic
- *blēaną Proto-Germanic
- *blēdrǭ Proto-Germanic
- *blēsaną Proto-Germanic
- *blēstaz Proto-Germanic
- *blēstuz Proto-Germanic
- *blētijaną Proto-Germanic
- *blēwaz Proto-Germanic
- ブロージョブ Japanese
- fløyt Norwegian Nynorsk
- beblawan Old English
- blawan Old English
- blāwan Old English
- blāƿen Old English
- forblawan Old English
- geondblawan Old English
- inblawan Old English
- wiþblawan Old English
- þurhblawan Old English
- beblowen Middle English
- blawen Middle English
- blow out Middle English
- blow up Middle English
- blowe Middle English
- blowen Middle English
- blower Middle English
- blowinde Middle English
- blowyng Middle English
- inblowen Middle English
- outblowen Middle English
- underblowen Middle English
- upblowen Middle English
- blása Old Norse
- blástr Old Norse
- blær Old Norse
- blowjob Danish
- *blějati Proto-Slavic
- flahute Old French
- blase Middle Dutch
- blasen Middle Dutch
- bleren Middle Dutch
- blāen Old High German
- blāo Old High German
- բեղմն Old Armenian
- բեղուն Old Armenian
- bliuwen Middle High German
- blæjen Middle High German
- blüe(je)n, blüen Middle High German
- flatulent Middle French
- *blāan gmw-pro
- *blāien Old Dutch
- plabe Cimbrian
- blaian Old Saxon
- blaaw Alemannic German
- blüeje Alemannic German
- *flāō Proto-Italic
- *flēō Proto-Italic
- blaitand Scots
- blaw Scots
- ব্লোজব Bengali
- blā Old Frisian
- *(s)blèwsa Proto-Albanian
- bro Sranan Tongo
- up
- job
- fly
- out
- gun
- dart
- tube
- wave
- hard
- pipe
- horn
- lamp
- down
- ball
- back
- fish
- mind
- hole
- ablow
- blowy
- point
- death
- buddy
- peach
- torch
- blowth
- blowie
- blower
- beblow
- upblow
- inblow
- bloweth
- blowing
- blow up
- inflate
- blowjob
- preblow
- by-blow
- misblow
- blowgun
- outblow
- blowest
- flyblow
- blowball
- blow out
- blowable
- blowdart
- blowpipe
- blowdown
- alcoblow
- blowlamp
- overblow
- blowhorn
- blowhard
- blowhole
- mindblow
- blowtube
- blowfish
- blowback
- blow off
- deathblow
- underblow
- peachblow
- upblowing
- blowpoint
- blowbuddy
- blowtorch
- blow-wave
- hornblower
- mindblower
- snowblower
- Hornblower
- safeblower
- glassblower
- counterblow
- blowability
- safeblowing
- stoneblower
- stoneblowing
- glassblowing
- whistle-blower
- whistleblowing