blown
English
/bləʊn/, /bloʊn/
adj
Definitions
- distended, swollen or inflated
- panting and out of breath
- (of glass) Formed by blowing
- Under the influence of drugs, especially marijuana.
- (obsolete) stale; worthless
- Covered with the eggs and larvae of flies; flyblown.
- (automotive) Given a hot rod blower.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English blawen inherited from Old English blāƿen, blāwan (blow, inflate, breathe, sound).
Origin
Old English
blāwan
Gloss
blow, inflate, breathe, sound
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
音
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ale English
- ale-blown English
- end English
- endblown English
- free English
- freeblown English
- glass English
- glassblown English
- hand English
- handblown English
- in English
- inblown English
- mind English
- mindblown English
- mouth English
- mouthblown English
- outblown English
- unblown English
- wind English
- windblown English
- *blēaną Proto-Germanic
- beblawan Old English
- blāwan Old English
- blāƿen Old English
- forblawan Old English
- geondblawan Old English
- inblawan Old English
- wiþblawan Old English
- þurhblawan Old English
- blawen Middle English
- blowe Middle English
- blowen Middle English
- *blāan gmw-pro
- blaw Scots