Blow
(v. i.) To flower |
Blow
(v. t.) To cause to blossom |
Blow
(n.) A blossom |
Blow
(n.) A forcible stroke with the hand, fist, or some instrument, as a rod, a club, an ax, or a sword. |
Blow
(n.) A sudden or forcible act or effort |
Blow
(n.) The infliction of evil |
Blow
(v. i.) To produce a current of air |
Blow
(v. i.) To send forth a forcible current of air, as from the mouth or from a pair of bellows. |
Blow
(v. i.) To breathe hard or quick |
Blow
(v. i.) To sound on being blown into, as a trumpet. |
Blow
(v. i.) To spout water, etc., from the blowholes, as a whale. |
Blow
(v. i.) To be carried or moved by the wind |
Blow
(v. i.) To talk loudly |
Blow
(v. t.) To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means |
Blow
(v. t.) To drive by a current air |
Blow
(v. t.) To cause air to pass through by the action of the mouth, or otherwise |
Blow
(v. t.) To clear of contents by forcing air through |
Blow
(v. t.) To burst, shatter, or destroy by an explosion |
Blow
(v. t.) To spread by report |
Blow
(v. t.) To form by inflation |
Blow
(v. t.) To inflate, as with pride |
Blow
(v. t.) To put out of breath |
Blow
(v. t.) To deposit eggs or larvae upon, or in (meat, etc.). |
Blow
(n.) A blowing, esp., a violent blowing of the wind |
Blow
(n.) The act of forcing air from the mouth, or through or from some instrument |
Blow
(n.) The spouting of a whale. |
Blow
(n.) A single heat or operation of the Bessemer converter. |
Blow
(n.) An egg, or a larva, deposited by a fly on or in flesh, or the act of depositing it. |
Blow-off
(n.) A blowing off steam, water, etc. |
Blow-off
(adj.) as, a blow-off cock or pipe. |
Blow-off
(adj.) An outburst of temper or excitement. |
Blow-out
(n.) The cleaning of the flues of a boiler from scale, etc., by a blast of steam. |
Blow valve
() See Snifting valve. |
By-blow
(n.) A side or incidental blow |
By-blow
(n.) An illegitimate child |
Steam
(n.) The elastic, aeriform fluid into which water is converted when heated to the boiling points |
Steam
(n.) The mist formed by condensed vapor |
Steam
(n.) Any exhalation. |
Steam
(v. i.) To emit steam or vapor. |
Steam
(v. i.) To rise in vapor |
Steam
(v. i.) To move or travel by the agency of steam. |
Steam
(v. i.) To generate steam |
Steam
(v. t.) To exhale. |
Steam
(v. t.) To expose to the action of steam |
Steam engine
() An engine moved by steam. |
Turkish bath
steam bath
vapor bath
vapour bath | you sweat in a steam room before getting a rubdown and cold shower |
| steam fitting | care (installation and maintenance) of equipment for ventilating or heating or refrigerating |
| blow puff | forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth, he gave his nose a loud blow, he blew out all the candles with a single puff |
| blow | a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon, a blow on the head |
blowfly
blow fly | large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly, lays eggs in carrion or dung or wounds |
blowgun
blowpipe blowtube blow tube | a tube through which darts can be shot by blowing |
blowtube
blow tube
blowpipe | a tube that directs air or gas into a flame to concentrate heat |
boiler
steam boiler | sealed vessel where water is converted to steam |
calliope
steam organ | a musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles played from a keyboard |
coke
blow
nose candy
snow
C | street names for cocaine |
hand blower
blow dryer
blow drier
hair dryer
hair drier | a hand-held electric blower that can blow warm air onto the hair, used for styling hair |
steam bath
steam room
vapor bath
vapour bath | a room that can be filled with steam in which people bathe, `vapour bath' is a British term |
| steam chest | the chamber from which steam is distributed to a cylinder |
| steam engine | externalombustion engine in which heat is used to raise steam which either turns a turbine or forces a piston to move up and down in a cylinder |
steam heat
steam heating | a heating system in which steam is generated in boilers and piped to radiators |
| steam iron | a pressing iron that can emit steam |
steam line
steam pipe | a pipe conducting steam |
| steam locomotive | a locomotive powered by a steam engine |
| steam shovel | a power shovel that is driven by steam |
| steam turbine | turbine in which steam strikes blades and makes them turn |
| steam whistle | a whistle in which the sound is produced by steam, usually attached to a steam boiler |
| low blow | unscrupulous abuse |
| shock blow | an unpleasant or disappointing surprise, it came as a shock to learn that he was injured |
blow
bump | an impact (as from a collision), the bump threw him off the bicycle |
| reverse reversal setback blow black eye | an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes, something that is thwarting or frustrating |
bastard by-blow
love child
illegitimate child
illegitimate
whoreson | the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents |
John Doe Joe Blow
Joe Bloggs
man in the street | a hypothetical average man |
gust
blast
blow | a strong current of air, the tree was bent almost double by the gust |
blow gas
blowing gas | the gas leaving a generator during a blow period |
| steam coal | coal suitable for use under steam boilers |
| steam | water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere |
| live steam | steam coming from a boiler at full pressure |
| blow | exhale hard, blow on the soup to cool it down |
| blow | free of obstruction by blowing air through, blow one's nose |
| strike a blow | affect adversely, The court ruling struck a blow at the old segregation laws |
| blow-dry | dry hair with a hair dryer |
blow up
enlarge magnify | make large, blow up an image |
puff
puff up blow up puff out | to swell or cause to enlarge, Her faced puffed up from the drugs, puffed out chests |
inflate
blow up | fill with gas or air, inflate a balloons |
| inflate blow up expand amplify | exaggerate or make bigger, The charges were inflated |
| detonate explode blow up | burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction,the bomb detonated at noon, The Molotov cocktail exploded |
explode detonate
blow up set off | cause to burst with a violent release of energy, We exploded the nuclear bomb |
| blow | burst suddenly, The tire blew, We blew a tire |
| steam | cook something by letting steam pass over it, just steam the vegetables |
evanesce
fade
blow over
pass off fleet
pass | disappear gradually, The pain eventually passed off |
blow out
burn out
blow | melt, break, or become otherwise unusable, The lightbulbs blew out, The fuse blew |
| blow | shape by blowing, Blow a glass vase |
| blow c | allow to regain its breath, blow a horse |
a boast
tout
swash
shoot a line
brag
gas
blow bluster
vaunt
gasconade
a | show off |
| blow | cause to be revealed and jeopardized, The story blew their cover, The double agent was blown by the other side |