Blow

English

Verb

Blow (third-person singular simple present blows, present participle blowing, simple past blew, past participle blown)

1. (intransitive) To produce an air current.
2. (transitive) To propel by an air current.
3. (intransitive) To be propelled by an air current.
4. (transitive) To create or shape by blowing; as in to blow bubbles, to blow glass.
5. (transitive) To cause to make sound by blowing, as a musical instrument.
6. (intransitive) To make a sound as the result of being blown.
7. (intransitive, of a cetacean) To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while feeding.
8. (intransitive) To explode.
9. (transitive, with "up" or with prep phrase headed by "to") To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed.
10. (transitive) To cause sudden destruction of.
11. (intransitive) To suddenly fail destructively.
12. (intransitive, slang) To be very undesirable (see also suck).
13. (transitive, slang) To recklessly squander.
14. (transitive, vulgar) To fellate.
15. (transitive) To leave.
16. To blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom.

Noun

Blow (plural Blows)

1. The act of striking or hitting.
2. An unfortunate occurrence.
3. A mass or display of flowers; a yield.
4. A display of anything brilliant or bright.
5. A bloom, state of flowering.

Synonyms for Blow

• (The act of striking): strike, hit, punch
• (An unfortunate occurrence): disaster, calamity
• box, rap, stroke, cuff, knock, buffet, lash, stripe, cut, thump, concussion, misfortune.

Antonyms for Blow

caress, embrace, good fortune.