What is the meaning of blow?

noun

• A powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon.
  • usage: "a blow on the head"
• An impact (as from a collision. )
  • usage: "the bump threw him off the bicycle"
  • synonyms: bump
• An unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating.
  • synonyms: reverse, reversal, setback, black eye
• An unpleasant or disappointing surprise.
  • usage: "it came as a shock to learn that he was injured"
  • synonyms: shock
• A strong current of air.
  • usage: "the tree was bent almost double by the gust"
  • synonyms: gust, blast
• Street names for cocaine.
  • synonyms: coke, nose candy, snow, C
• Forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth.
  • usage: "he gave his nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a single puff"
  • synonyms: puff

verb

• Exhale hard.
  • usage: "blow on the soup to cool it down"
• Be blowing or storming.
  • usage: "The wind blew from the West"
• Free of obstruction by blowing air through.
  • usage: "blow one's nose"
• Be in motion due to some air or water current.
  • usage: "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"
  • synonyms: float, drift, be adrift
• Make a sound as if blown.
  • usage: "The whistle blew"
• Shape by blowing.
  • usage: "Blow a glass vase"
• Make a mess of, destroy or ruin.
  • usage: "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
  • synonyms: botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up
• Spend thoughtlessly; throw away.
  • usage: "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"
  • synonyms: waste, squander
• Spend lavishly or wastefully on.
  • usage: "He blew a lot of money on his new home theater"
• Sound by having air expelled through a tube.
  • usage: "The trumpets blew"
• Play or sound a wind instrument.
  • usage: "She blew the horn"
• Provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation.
  • synonyms: fellate, suck, go down on
• Cause air to go in, on, or through.
  • usage: "Blow my hair dry"
• Cause to move by means of an air current.
  • usage: "The wind blew the leaves around in the yard"
• Spout moist air from the blowhole.
  • usage: "The whales blew"
• Leave; informal or rude.
  • usage: "shove off"; "The children shoved along"; "Blow now"
  • synonyms: shove off, shove along
• Lay eggs.
  • usage: "certain insects are said to blow"
• Cause to be revealed and jeopardized.
  • usage: "The story blew their cover"; "The double agent was blown by the other side"
• Show off.
  • synonyms: boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, bluster, vaunt, gasconade
• Allow to regain its breath.
  • usage: "blow a horse"
• Melt, break, or become otherwise unusable.
  • usage: "The lightbulbs blew out"; "The fuse blew"
  • synonyms: blow out, burn out
• Burst suddenly.
  • usage: "The tire blew"; "We blew a tire"