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 |
Procedure (n.) The act or manner of proceeding or moving forward |
Procedure (n.) A step taken |
Procedure (n.) That which results |
check checkout check-out procedure | the act of inspecting or verifying, they made a check of their equipment, the pilot ran through the check-out procedure |
diagnostic procedure diagnostic technique | a procedure followed in making a medical diagnosis |
emergency procedure | (medicine) a procedure adopted to meet an emergency (especially a medical emergency) |
experimental procedure | the specific techniques used in conducting a particular experiment |
double-blind procedure double-blind experiment double-blind study | an experimental procedure in which neither the subjects of the experiment nor the persons administering the experiment know the critical aspects of the experiment, a double-blind procedure is used to guard against both experimenter bias and placebo effects |
Gram's method Gram method Gram's procedure Gram's stain Gram stain | a staining technique used to classify bacteria, bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution, after being decolorized with alcohol and treated with safranine and washed in water, those that retain the gentian violet are Gram-positive and those that do not retain it are Gram-negative |
operation procedure | a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work, the operations in building a house, certain machine tool operations |
operation surgery surgical operation surgical procedure surgical process | a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments, performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body, they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available, he died while undergoing surgery |
desensitization technique desensitisation technique desensitization procedure desensitisation procedure systematic desensitization systematic desensitisation | a technique used in behavior therapy to treat phobias and other behavior problems involving anxiety, client is exposed to the threatening situation under relaxed conditions until the anxiety reaction is extinguished |
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 |
procedure | a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings |
procedure process | a particular course of action intended to achieve a result, the procedure of obtaining a driver's license, it was a process of trial and error |
medical procedure | a procedure employed by medical or dental practitioners |
dental procedure | a procedure employed by a dentist |
operating procedure | a procedure for operating something or for dealing with a given situation |
standing operating procedure standard operating procedure SOP standard procedure | a prescribed procedure to be followed routinely, rote memorization has been the educator's standard operating procedure for centuries |
bureaucratic procedure red tape | needlessly timeonsuming procedure |
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 |
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 |
cloze procedure cloze test | a test for diagnosing reading ability, words are deleted from a prose passage and the reader is required to fill in the blanks |
statistical method statistical procedure | a method of analyzing or representing statistical data, a procedure for calculating a statistic |
routine subroutine subprogram procedure function | a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program |
cataloged procedure | a set of control statements that have been placed in a library and can be retrieved by name |
contingency procedure | an alternative to the normal procedure, triggered if an unusual but anticipated situation arises |
order rules of order parliamentary law parliamentary procedure | a body of rules followed by an assembly |
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 |
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 |
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 |