Meaning

1 senses
  1. Used to express displeasure or frustration.

    Blow the expense!

Examples

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

    Вітер дує зі сходу. — deniko

    ruВетер дует с востока. — marafon

    deDer Wind weht von Osten. — samueldora

  2. The wind is blowing from the north.

    Вітер дує з півночі. — deniko

    ruВетер дует с севера. — marafon

    deDer Wind weht von Norden her. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. 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

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

    Їй здуло вітром капелюха. — Qermit

    ruУ неё сдуло ветром шляпку. — sharptoothed

  5. 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 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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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 dictionary

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