What is the meaning of blown?

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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"
  • 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"
  • Spend thoughtlessly; throw away.
    • usage: "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"
  • 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.
  • 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"
  • 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.
  • Allow to regain its breath.
    • usage: "blow a horse"
  • Melt, break, or become otherwise unusable.
    • usage: "The lightbulbs blew out"; "The fuse blew"
  • Burst suddenly.
    • usage: "The tire blew"; "We blew a tire"

adjective

  • Being moved or acted upon by moving air or vapor.
    • usage: "blown clouds of dust choked the riders"; "blown soil mounded on the window sill"
  • Breathing laboriously or convulsively.
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