EGAVE

blow

About 16.80 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To produce an air current.
  2. verb To propel by an air current (or, if under water, a water current), usually with the mouth.
    Blow the dust off that book and open it up.
  3. verb To be propelled by an air current.
    The leaves blow through the streets in the fall.
  4. verb To direct or move, usually of a person to a particular location.
  5. verb To create or shape by blowing.
    to blow bubbles
  6. verb To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.
    to blow the fire
  7. verb To clear of contents by forcing air through.
    to blow an egg
  8. verb To cause to make sound by blowing (as a musical instrument).
    Blow your horn! That car is about to hit us!

Similar words

blow out bump screw up ball up puff burn out fluff waste shock blast

Often followed by

to up the on at of from in was

Word family

blew blowed blowing blown blows

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