Meaning

10 senses
  1. (transitive)To extinguish something, especially a flame, especially by means of a strong current of air or another gas.

    He blows out the match.

    The wind blew the candle out.

    ausblasen

    задутьzadutʹ

  2. (transitive)To destroy or degrade (something) quickly, especially inadvertently and prematurely; for example, to deflate (a tire) by puncturing it, to burn out a light bulb by overcurrent, or to injure a bodily joint.

    I blew out a tire on some hard cornering.

    I blew out an LED when I cranked up the power.

  3. (intransitive)To be destroyed or degraded quickly, especially inadvertently and prematurely.

    The tire blew out on some hard cornering.

    An LED blew out when I cranked up the power.

  4. (transitive)In a sporting contest, to dominate and defeat an opposing team, especially by a large scoring margin.

    The No. 1-rated football team proceeded to blow out its undermanned opponent.

  5. (transitive)To exhaust; to physically tire.

  6. (transitive)To force open or out by the expansive force of a gas or vapour.

  7. (intransitive)To be driven out by the expansive force of a gas or vapour.

    A steam cock or valve sometimes blows out.

  8. (slang)To sing out, sing out loud.

  9. (slang)To spend a lot of money; to splurge.

  10. (archaic, slang, vulgar)To talk violently or abusively.

More definitions
  • melt, break, or become otherwise unusable
  • erupt in an uncontrolled manner
  • put out, as of fires, flames, or lights

Examples

92 sentences
  1. Tom took the candle from Mary and blew it out.

    Том взяв у Мері свічку й задув її. — deniko

    ruТом взял у Мэри свечу и задул её. — odexed

  2. Blow out the candles.

    Задуй свічки. — deniko

    ruЗадуй свечи. — odexed

    deBlas die Kerzen aus! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Don't blow out the candle.

    Не задувай свічку. — deniko

    ruНе задувай свечу. — odexed

  4. OK Tom, blow out the candles.

    ruХорошо, Том, задуй свечи. — odexed

  5. Let me blow the candles out.

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
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Deutsch
By meaning 1
extinguish:

Origin

From Middle English blow out, blowe out, dissimilated forms of earlier Middle English outb

From Middle English blow out, blowe out, dissimilated forms of earlier Middle English outblowen, ut-blawen (> English outblow), equivalent to blow + out. Compare West Frisian útblaze (“to blow out”), Dutch uitblazen (“to blow out”), German ausblähen and ausblasen (“to blow out”), Danish blæse ud (“to blow out”), Swedish blåsa ut (“to blow out”).

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Forms

blows out, blowing out, blew out, blown out
Base formblow out · to blow out
3rd person singularblows out
Present participleblowing out
Past simpleblew out
Past participleblown out

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyblow out
he, she, itblows out

Past simpleLesson

all personsblew out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave blown out
he, she, ithas blown out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill blow out

Phrasal verbs

11 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedblowout

See also

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