1. To make a strident sound; SYN. blare.
2. To use explosives on; SYN. strafe, shell.
(Irregular preterit, past participle: blew, blown).
1. To exhale hard.
2. To sound by having air expelled through a tube.
3. To cause to move by means of an air current.
4. To cause air to go in, on, or through.
5. (Weather) To be blowing or storming.
6. To free of obstruction by blowing air through.
7. To make a sound as if blown.
8. To play or sound a wind instrument.
9. To shape by blowing.
10. To lay eggs; of certain insects.
11. To cause to be revealed and jeopardized.
12. To burst suddenly.
13. To allow to regain its breath.
14. To spout moist air from the blowhole, as of some marine mammals.
1. To blow one's stack; fly off the handle, flip one's wig; lose one's temper; blow a fuse; SYN. throw a fit.
2. To make large; SYN. enlarge, magnify.