Blowing

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Blow \Blow\, v. i. [imp. {Blew} (bl[=u]); p. p. {Blown}
     (bl[=o]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blowing}.] [OE. blawen, blowen,
     AS. bl[=a]wan to blow, as wind; akin to OHG. pl[=a]jan, G.
     bl[aum]hen, to blow up, swell, L. flare to blow, Gr.
     'ekflai`nein to spout out, and to E. bladder, blast, inflate,
     etc., and perh. blow to bloom.]


     1. To produce a current of air; to move, as air, esp. to move
        rapidly or with power; as, the wind blows.
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              Hark how it rains and blows !         --Walton.
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     2. To send forth a forcible current of air, as from the mouth
        or from a pair of bellows.
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     3. To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
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              Here is Mistress Page at the door, sweating and
              blowing.                              --Shak.
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     4. To sound on being blown into, as a trumpet.
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              There let the pealing organ blow.     --Milton.
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     5. To spout water, etc., from the blowholes, as a whale.
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     6. To be carried or moved by the wind; as, the dust blows in
        from the street.
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              The grass blows from their graves to thy own. --M.
                                                    Arnold.
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     7. To talk loudly; to boast; to storm. [Colloq.]
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              You blow behind my back, but dare not say anything
              to my face.                           --Bartlett.
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     8. To stop functioning due to a failure in an electrical
        circuit, especially on which breaks the circuit; sometimes
        used with out; -- used of light bulbs, electronic
        components, fuses; as, the dome light in the car blew out.
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     9. To deflate by sudden loss of air; usually used with out;
        -- of inflatable tires.
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     {To blow hot and cold} (a saying derived from a fable of
        [AE]sop's), to favor a thing at one time and treat it
        coldly at another; or to appear both to favor and to
        oppose.
  
     {To blow off}, to let steam escape through a passage provided
        for the purpose; as, the engine or steamer is blowing off.
        
  
     {To blow out}.
        (a) To be driven out by the expansive force of a gas or
            vapor; as, a steam cock or valve sometimes blows out.
        (b) To talk violently or abusively. [Low]
  
     {To blow over}, to pass away without effect; to cease, or be
        dissipated; as, the storm and the clouds have blown over.
        
  
     {To blow up}, to be torn to pieces and thrown into the air as
        by an explosion of powder or gas or the expansive force of
        steam; to burst; to explode; as, a powder mill or steam
        boiler blows up. "The enemy's magazines blew up."
        --Tatler.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Blow \Blow\ (bl[=o]), v. i. [imp. {Blew} (bl[=u]); p. p. {Blown}
     (bl[=o]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blowing}.] [OE. blowen, AS.
     bl[=o]wan to blossom; akin to OS. bl[=o]jan, D. bloeijen,
     OHG. pluojan, MHG. bl["u]ejen, G. bl["u]hen, L. florere to
     flourish, OIr. blath blossom. Cf. {Blow} to puff,
     {Flourish}.]
     To flower; to blossom; to bloom.
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           How blows the citron grove.              --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  blowing \blowing\ n.
     1. processing that involves blowing a gas.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  blowing \blowing\ adj. prenom.
     1. windy.
  
     Syn: blustering(prenominal), blusterous, blustery, gusty.
          [WordNet 1.5] blowjob

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  blowing
       n : processing that involves blowing a gas