blow

1. verb

1)

the icy wind blew around us

Syn:

gust, bluster, puff, blast, roar, rush, storm

2)

his ship was blown on to the rocks

Syn:

sweep, carry, toss, drive, push, force

3)

leaves blew across the road

Syn:

drift, flutter, waft, float, glide, whirl, move

4)

he blew a smoke ring

Syn:

exhale, puff, breathe out; emit, expel, discharge, issue

5)

he blew a trumpet

Syn:

sound, blast, toot, pipe, trumpet; play

6)

a rear tire had blown

Syn:

burst, explode, blow out, split, rupture, puncture

7) informal

he blew his money on gambling

Syn:

squander, waste, misspend, throw away, fritter away, go through, lose, lavish, dissipate, use up; spend recklessly; informal splurge

8) informal

don't blow this opportunity

Syn:

spoil, ruin, bungle, mess up, fudge, muff; waste, lose, squander; informal botch, screw up, foul up

9)

his cover was blown

Syn:

expose, reveal, uncover, disclose, divulge, unveil, betray, leak

2. noun

1)

a blow on the head

Syn:

knock, bang, hit, punch, thump, smack, crack, rap, karate chop; informal whack, thwack, bonk, bash, clout, sock, wallop

2)

losing his wife must have been a blow

Syn:

shock, surprise, bombshell, thunderbolt, jolt; calamity, catastrophe, disaster, upset, setback

3)

a blow on the guard's whistle

Syn:

toot, blast, blare; whistle

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- blow out

- blow something out

- blow over

- blow up

- blow something up

- blow out of proportion