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blow

The English word “blow” has 50 meanings listed here.

  1. To produce an air current.
  2. To propel by an air current (or, if under water, a water current), usually with the mouth.
  3. To be propelled by an air current.
  4. To direct or move, usually of a person to a particular location.
  5. To create or shape by blowing.
  6. To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.
  7. To clear of contents by forcing air through.
  8. To cause to make sound by blowing (as a musical instrument).
  9. To make a sound as a result of being blown.
  10. To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while feeding.
  11. To burst or explode; to occur suddenly
  12. To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed.
  13. To cause the sudden destruction of.
  14. To blow from a gun (method of executing a person).
  15. To suddenly fail or give way destructively.
  16. To melt away because of overcurrent, creating a gap in a wire, thus stopping a circuit from operating.
  17. To recklessly squander.
  18. To fail at; to mess up; to make a mistake in.
  19. To be very undesirable.
  20. To perform oral sex on (someone); to fellate.
  21. To leave, especially suddenly or in a hurry.
  22. To leave the Church of Scientology in an unauthorized manner.
  23. To make flyblown; to defile or spoil, especially with fly eggs.
  24. (of a fly) To lay eggs; to breed (in flesh or meat).
  25. To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.
  26. To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.
  27. To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
  28. To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.
  29. To talk loudly; boast; brag.
  30. To slander, insult, critique or discredit (someone); to reprimand or scold (someone).
  31. To expose, or inform on.
  32. To sing.
  33. To flatulate or defecate.
  34. A strong wind.
  35. A chance to catch one's breath.
  36. Powder cocaine.
  37. Cannabis.
  38. Heroin.
  39. A blowjob; fellatio.
  40. 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.
  41. Used to express displeasure or frustration.
  42. Blue.
  43. An instance of the act of striking or hitting.
  44. A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.
  45. A damaging occurrence.
  46. A cut made to a sheep's fleece by a shearer using hand-shears.
  47. An outcrop of quartz from surrounding rock, thought to indicate mineral deposits below.
  48. To blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom.
  49. A display or mass of flowers; a yield.
  50. A display of anything bright or brilliant.
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