Definition of Blown
Adjective: blown blown
- Being moved or acted upon by moving air or vapour
"blown clouds of dust choked the riders"; "blown soil mounded on the window sill"
- Breathing laboriously or convulsively
- pursy [archaic], short-winded, winded
- Exhale hard
"blow on the soup to cool it down"
- Be blowing or storming
"The wind blew from the West"
- Free of obstruction by blowing air through
"blow one's nose"
- Be in motion due to some air or water current
"The leaves were blowing in the wind";
- float, drift, be adrift
- Make a sound as if blown
"The whistle blew"
- Shape by blowing
"Blow a glass vase"
- Make a mess of, destroy or ruin
"I blew the dinner and we had to eat out";
- botch, bodge [Brit], bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, flub [N. Amer], screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bobble [N. Amer], mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, butcher, goof up, balls up, cock up [Brit]
- Spend thoughtlessly; throw away
"He blew his inheritance on his insincere friends";
- waste, squander
- Spend lavishly or wastefully on
"He blew a lot of money on his new home theatre"
- Sound by having air expelled through a tube
"The trumpets blew"
- Play or sound a wind instrument
"She blew the horn"
- Provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation
- fellate, suck, go down on
- Cause air to go in, on, or through
"Blow my hair dry"
- Cause to move by means of an air current
"The wind blew the leaves around in the yard"
- Spout moist air from the blowhole
"The whales blew"
- Leave; informal or rude
"Blow now!";
- shove off, shove along
- Lay eggs
"certain insects are said to blow"
- Cause to be revealed and jeopardized
"The story blew their cover"
- Show off
- boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, bluster, vaunt, gasconade [archaic], skite [Austral, NZ]
- Allow to regain its breath
"blow a horse"
- Melt, break, or become otherwise unusable
"The lightbulbs blew out"; "The fuse blew";
- blow out, burn out
- Burst suddenly
"The tire blew"; "We blew a tire"
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