Meaning

36 senses
  1. (intransitive)To produce an air current.

    blasen, pusten, wehen

    дутьdutʹ, ду́нутьdúnutʹ, поду́тьpodútʹ

    ду́тиdúty, ві́ятиvíjaty, дму́хатиdmúxaty

    be in motion due to some air or water current

  2. (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.

    blasen, wegblasen, fortblasen

    сдува́тьsduvátʹ, сдутьsdutʹ

    cause to move by means of an air current

  3. (intransitive)To be propelled by an air current.

    The leaves blow through the streets in the fall.

    What stormy weather —the roofs are blowing off!

    wehen

    относи́тьotnosítʹ

    cause air to go in, on, or through

  4. (figuratively, transitive)To direct or move, usually of a person to a particular location.

  5. (transitive)To create or shape by blowing.

    to blow bubbles

    to blow glass

    выдува́тьvyduvátʹ, вы́дутьvýdutʹ

    shape by blowing

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

    to blow the fire

    дутьdutʹ

  7. (transitive)To clear of contents by forcing air through.

    to blow an egg

    to blow one’s nose

    free of obstruction by blowing air through

  8. (transitive)To cause to make sound by blowing (as a musical instrument).

    Blow your horn! That car is about to hit us!

    make a sound as if blown

  9. (intransitive)To make a sound as a result of being blown.

    In the harbor, the ships’ horns blew.

    дутьdutʹ

  10. (intransitive)To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while feeding.

    There’s nothing more thrilling to the whale watcher than to see a whale surface and blow.

    There she blows! (i.e. “I see a whale spouting!”)

  11. (intransitive)To burst or explode; to occur suddenly

    Get away from that burning gas tank! It’s about to blow!

    burst suddenly

  12. (transitive)To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed.

    The demolition squad neatly blew the old hotel up.

    The aerosol can was blown to bits.

    hochgehen, in die Luft gehen, explodieren

    взрыватьvzryvatʹ, взорватьvzorvatʹ, взрыва́тьсяvzryvátʹsja

Examples

1196 sentences
  1. The wind is blowing from the east.

    Вітер дує зі сходу.

    ruВетер дует с востока.

    deDer Wind weht von Osten.

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  2. The wind is blowing from the north.

    Вітер дує з півночі.

    ruВетер дует с севера.

    deDer Wind weht von Norden her.

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  3. I blew on my hands to warm them.

    Я подув собі на руки, щоб зігріти їх.

    ruЯ подул себе на руки, чтобы согреть их.

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  4. She had her hat blown off by the wind.

    Їй здуло вітром капелюха.

    ruУ неё сдуло ветром шляпку.

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  5. Tom took the candle from Mary and blew it out.

    Том взяв у Мері свічку й задув її.

    ruТом взял у Мэри свечу и задул её.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to produce an air current:
Русский
By meaning 8
to produce an air current:
to propel by an air current:
to be propelled by an air current:
to create or shape by blowing:
to cause to explode:
to explode:
to squander:
to fellate:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
to produce an air current:
to propel by an air current:
to explode:
to blow the nose:

Origin

From Middle English blowen, from Old English blāwan (“to blow, breathe, inflate, sound”),

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”)).

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Forms

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

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

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

Past simpleLesson

all personsblew

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill blow

Phrasal verbs

11 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

9 synonyms

Word family

59 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • wind blew
  • wind is blowing
  • the wind blew
  • blew out the
  • blew his nose
  • blew up the
  • hat blown off
  • was blown off
  • blew out all
  • blew the balloons
  • blew on his
  • one who blew

See also

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