blown
Pronunciation: /bləʊn/
The English word “blown” has 9 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Distended, swollen, or inflated.
- Panting and out of breath.
- Formed by blowing.
- Under the influence of drugs, especially marijuana.
- Stale; worthless.
- Covered with the eggs and larvae of flies; flyblown.
- Given a hot rod blower.
- Having failed.
- Of a vein, ruptured or punctured as a result of an injection or cannula, causing fluid (blood, medication, or saline) to leak into the surrounding tissue.
Etymology
From Middle English blawen, from Old English blāƿen, blāwen, past participle of Old English blāwan. Morphologically blow + -n.
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