“blows” is a form of
blow
UK /bləʊ/ · US /bloʊ/ verb, noun, interjection, adjective, proper noun
Forms blows blowing blew blown blower blowest
- verb (intransitive) To produce an air current.
- verb (transitive) To propel by an air current (or, if under water, a water current), usually with the mouth. “Blow the dust off that book and open it up.”
- verb (intransitive) To be propelled by an air current. “The leaves blow through the streets in the fall.”
- verb (transitive, figurative) To direct or move, usually of a person to a particular location.
- verb (transitive) To create or shape by blowing. “to blow bubbles”
- verb (transitive) To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means. “to blow the fire”
- verb (transitive) To clear of contents by forcing air through. “to blow an egg”
- verb (transitive) To cause to make sound by blowing (as a musical instrument). “Blow your horn! That car is about to hit us!”
- noun A strong wind. “We’re having a bit of a blow this afternoon.”
- noun (informal) A chance to catch one's breath. “The players were able to get a blow during the last timeout.”
- noun (uncountable, US, slang) Powder cocaine.
- noun (uncountable, UK, slang) Cannabis.
- noun (uncountable, Chicago dialectal, slang) Heroin.
- noun (informal, vulgar) A blowjob; fellatio. “His girlfriend gave him a blow.”
- noun (nautical) An instance of using high-pressure air to empty water from the ballast tanks of a submarine, increasing the submarine's buoyancy and causing it to surface.
- interjection Used to express displeasure or frustration. “Blow the expense!”
- adjective (chiefly dialectal Northern England or puristic, otherwise obsolete) Blue.
- noun An instance of the act of striking or hitting. “A fabricator is used to direct a sharp blow to the surface of the stone.”
- noun A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.
- noun A damaging occurrence. “A further blow to the group came in 1917 when Thomson died while canoeing in Algonquin Park.”
Synonyms
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Etymology
From Middle English blowen, from Old English blāwan (“to blow, breathe, inflate, sound”), from Proto-West Germanic *blāan, from Proto-Germanic *blēaną (“to blow”) (compare German blähen), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to swell, blow up”) (compare Latin flō (“to blow”) and Old Armenian բեղուն (bełun, “fertile”)).
From Middle English blo, bloo, from Old English blāw (“blue”), from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue, dark blue, grey, black”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlēw- (“yellow, blond, grey”). Cognate with Latin flavus (“yellow”). Doublet of blue.
From Middle English blowe, blaw, northern variant of blēwe, from Proto-Germanic *blewwaną (“to beat”) (compare Old Norse blegði (“wedge”), German einbläuen, Middle Dutch blouwen). Related to block.
From Middle English blowen, from Old English blōwan, from Proto-Germanic *blōaną (compare Dutch bloeien, German blühen), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (compare Latin florēre (“to bloom”)).
Webster’s 1913
- verb To flower; to blossom; to bloom.
- verb To cause to blossom; to put forth (blossoms or flowers).
- noun A blossom; a flower; also, a state of blossoming; a mass of blossoms. "Such a blow of tulips." Tatler.
- noun A forcible stroke with the hand, fist, or some instrument, as a rod, a club, an ax, or a sword.
Etymology [OE. blowen, AS. bl to blossom; akin to OS. bl, D. bloeijen, OHG. pluojan, MHG. bl, G. blühen, L. florere to flourish, OIr. blath blossom. Cf. Blow to puff, Flourish.]
Etymology [OE. blaw, blowe; cf. OHG. bliuwan, pliuwan, to beat, G. bläuen, Goth. bliggwan.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “blow”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details