blew

/bluห/

IPA: /B L UW1/

verb
  1. 1

    To produce an air current.

  2. 2

    To propel by an air current.

    โ€œBlow the dust off that book and open it up.โ€

  3. 3

    To be propelled by an air current.

    โ€œThe leaves blow through the streets in the fall.โ€

  4. 4

    To create or shape by blowing; as in to blow bubbles, to blow glass.

  5. 5

    To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.

    โ€œto blow the fireโ€

  6. 6

    To clear of contents by forcing air through.

    โ€œto blow an eggโ€

  7. 7

    To cause to make sound by blowing, as a musical instrument.

  8. 8

    To make a sound as the result of being blown.

    โ€œIn the harbor, the ships' horns blew.โ€

  9. 9

    (of a cetacean) To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while feeding.

    โ€œThere she blows! (i.e. "I see a whale spouting!")โ€

  10. 10

    To explode.

    โ€œGet away from that burning gas tank! It's about to blow!โ€

  11. 11

    (with "up" or with prep phrase headed by "to") To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed.

    โ€œThe aerosol can was blown to bits.โ€

  12. 12

    To cause sudden destruction of.

    โ€œHe blew the tires and the engine.โ€

  13. 13

    To suddenly fail destructively.

    โ€œHe tried to sprint, but his ligaments blew and he was barely able to walk to the finish line.โ€

  14. 14

    (used to express displeasure or frustration) Damn.

  15. 15

    To be very undesirable. (See also suck.)

    โ€œThis blows!โ€

  16. 16

    To recklessly squander.

    โ€œI blew $35 thou on a car.โ€

  17. 17

    To fellate; to perform oral sex on (usually a man)

    โ€œWho did you have to blow to get those backstage passes?โ€

  18. 18

    To leave, especially suddenly or in a hurry.

    โ€œLet's blow this joint.โ€

  19. 19

    To make flyblown, to defile, especially with fly eggs.

  20. 20

    To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.

  21. 21

    To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.

  22. 22

    To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.

  23. 23

    To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.

    โ€œto blow a horseโ€

  24. 24

    To talk loudly; to boast; to storm.

  25. 25

    To sing.

    โ€œThat girl has a wonderful voice; just listen to her blow!โ€

  26. 26

    To leave the Church of Scientology in an unauthorized manner.

verb
  1. 1

    To blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom.

noun
  1. 1

    The colour of the clear sky or the deep sea, between green and violet in the visible spectrum, and one of the primary additive colours for transmitted light; the colour obtained by subtracting red and green from white light using magenta and cyan filters; or any colour resembling this.

  2. 2

    A blue dye or pigment.

  3. 3

    Any of several processes to protect metal against rust.

  4. 4

    Blue clothing

    โ€œThe boys in blue marched to the pipers.โ€

  5. 5

    (in the plural) A blue uniform. See blues.

  6. 6

    A member of law enforcement

  7. 7

    The sky, literally or figuratively.

    โ€œHis request for leave came out of the blue.โ€

  8. 8

    The ocean; deep waters.

  9. 9

    The far distance; a remote or distant place.

  10. 10

    Anything blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in color.

  11. 11

    A dog or cat with a slaty gray coat.

  12. 12

    One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of five points.

  13. 13

    Any of the butterflies of the subfamily Polyommatinae in the family Lycaenidae, most of which have blue on their wings.

  14. 14

    A bluefish.

  15. 15

    An argument.

  16. 16

    A liquid with an intense blue colour, added to a laundry wash to prevent yellowing of white clothes.

  17. 17

    A type of firecracker.

  18. 18

    A bluestocking.

  19. 19

    One of the three color charges for quarks.

adjective
  1. 1

    Of the colour blue.

    โ€œthe deep blue seaโ€

  2. 2

    Depressed, melancholic, sad.

  3. 3

    Pale, without redness or glare; said of a flame.

    โ€œThe candle burns blue.โ€

  4. 4

    Supportive of, run by (a member of), pertaining to, or dominated by a political party represented by the colour blue.

  5. 5

    Of the higher-frequency region of the part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation.

  6. 6

    (of steak) Extra rare; left very raw and cold.

  7. 7

    (of a dog or cat) Having a coat of fur of a slaty gray shade.

  8. 8

    Severe or overly strict in morals; gloomy.

    โ€œblue and sour religionists;โ€ƒ blue lawsโ€

  9. 9

    (of women) literary; bluestockinged.

  10. 10

    Having a color charge of blue.

  11. 11

    (entertainment) Risque or obscene

    โ€œHis material is too blue for prime-timeโ€

adjective
  1. 1

    (entertainment) Pornographic or profane.

    โ€œThe air was blue with oaths.โ€

Synonyms

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/blew, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/blow, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/blue