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 |
Converter (n.) One who converts |
Converter (n.) A retort, used in the Bessemer process, in which molten cast iron is decarburized and converted into steel by a blast of air forced through the liquid metal. |
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 |
Bessemer converter | a refractory-lined furnace used to convert pig iron into steel by the Bessemer process |
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 |
catalytic converter | a converter that uses a platinum-iridium catalyst to oxidize pollutants and carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide and water, an antipollution device on an automotive exhaust system |
coke blow nose candy snow C | street names for cocaine |
converter convertor | a device for changing one substance or form or state into another |
data converter | converter for changing information from one code to another |
digital-analog converter digital-to-analog converter | device for converting digital signals into analogue signals |
digitizer digitiser analog-digital converter analog-to-digital converter | device for converting analogue signals into digital signals |
electrical converter | converter that converts alternating current into direct current or vice versa |
electronic converter | (telecommunication) converter for converting a signal from one frequency to another |
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 |
synchronous converter rotary rotary converter | electrical converter consisting of a synchronous machine that converts alternating to direct current or vice versa |
torque converter | converter for transmitting and amplifying torque (especially by hydraulic means) |
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 |
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 |
embroider pad lard embellish aggrandize aggrandise blow up dramatize dramatise | add details to |
blow off | come off due to an explosion or other strong force |
blow | lay eggs, certain insects are said to blow |
e flip one's lid blow up throw a fit hit the roof hit the ceiling have kittens have a fit combust blow one's stack fly off the handle flip one's wig lose one's temper blow a fuse go ballistic | get very angry and fly into a rage, The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question, Spam makes me go ballistic |
shock floor ball over blow out of the water take aback | surprise greatly, knock someone's socks off, I was floored when I heard that I was promoted |
shove off shove along blow | leave, informal or rude, shove off!, The children shoved along, Blow now! |
float drift be adrift blow | be in motion due to some air or water current, The leaves were blowing in the wind, the boat drifted on the lake, The sailboat was adrift on the open sea, the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore |
blow c | spout moist air from the blowhole, The whales blew |