blow
BlueBlue.
» The wind is blowing from the east.
Der Wind weht von Osten. — samueldora
Der Wind weht aus Ost. — Esperantostern
Ветер дует с востока. — marafon
Вітер дує зі сходу. — deniko
Вітер віє зі сходу. — deniko
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1 sensesBlue.
Examples
1196 sentencesThe wind is blowing from the east.
Вітер дує зі сходу. — deniko
ruВетер дует с востока. — marafon
deDer Wind weht von Osten. — samueldora
The wind is blowing from the north.
Вітер дує з півночі. — deniko
ruВетер дует с севера. — marafon
deDer Wind weht von Norden her. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I blew on my hands to warm them.
Я подув собі на руки, щоб зігріти їх. — deniko
ruЯ подул себе на руки, чтобы согреть их. — odexed
She had her hat blown off by the wind.
Їй здуло вітром капелюха. — Qermit
ruУ неё сдуло ветром шляпку. — sharptoothed
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
Origin
From Middle English blo, bloo, from Old English blāw (“blue”), from Proto-Germanic *blēwazFrom 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.
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Forms
blower/more blow, blowest/most blowLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
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
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.