blowblow1 /bloʊ/ ●●● verb (past tense blew /blu/ , past participle blown /bloʊn/ ) 
1WIND MOVING [intransitive] if wind or air blows, it moves: 
A cold wind was blowing from the east.2WIND MOVING something [intransitive, transitive] to move in the wind, or to make something move somewhere in the wind: Her hair was blowing in the breeze. My ticket blew away. Hundreds of trees were blown down in the storm. The wind must have blown the door shut/open.3USING YOUR MOUTH [intransitive, transitive] to push air through your mouth: Renée blew on her soup to cool it a little. I hate people who blow smoke in your face.4VIOLENCE [transitive] to damage or destroy something violently with an explosion or by shooting: Part of his leg had been blown off. A bomb like that would blow the building to bits/pieces.5blow your nose to clear your nose by forcing air through it into a cloth or tissue (=piece of soft paper)6blow something (up) out of (all) proportion to make something seem much more serious or important than it is: The health risks had been blown out of proportion.7MAKE A SOUND [intransitive, transitive] to make a sound by pushing air into a whistle, horn, or musical instrument: I could hear the train whistle blowing.8ELECTRICITY STOPS [intransitive, transitive] if an electrical fuse blows, or a piece of electrical equipment blows a fuse, the electricity suddenly stops working9blow the whistle (on somebody) informal to tell the public or someone in authority about something wrong that is happening: He blew the whistle on his colleagues.SPOKEN PHRASES10LOSE AN OPPORTUNITY [transitive] informal to lose a good opportunity, by making a mistake or being careless: I blew it by talking too much in the interview. We’ve blown our chances of getting that contract.11LEAVE [transitive] spoken to leave a place quickly: Let’s blow this joint (=leave this place).12SPEND MONEY [transitive] informal to spend a lot of money at one time in a careless way: I blew all the money I won on a trip to Hawaii.13something blows your mind informal to make you feel very surprised and excited about something: Seeing her again really blew my mind.[Origin: Old English blawan] → let/blow off steam at steam1blow away phrasal verb spoken1to completely surprise someone: It just blows me away how friendly the islanders are.2to kill someone by shooting him/her with a gun: One move and I’ll blow you away!3to defeat someone completely, especially in a game: The Lakers blew the competition away.blow in phrasal verb1also blow into informal to arrive in a place, especially suddenly: Guess who’s just blown into town?2if a storm or bad weather blows in, it arrives and begins to affect an areablow off phrasal verb spoken to treat someone or something as unimportant, for example by not meeting someone or not going to an event: I blew off my 8 a.m. class again. She blew us off and went out with Jim instead.blow out phrasal verb1blow something ↔ out to blow air on a flame and make it stop burning: Blow out all the candles.2if a tire blows out, it burstsblow over phrasal verb1if an argument or a bad situation blows over, it is no longer considered important or is forgotten: Many people expected the scandal to blow over in a few days.2if a storm blows over, it comes to an endblow up phrasal verb1blow (something ↔) up to destroy something, or to be destroyed, by an explosion: A car was blown up near the embassy. Their plane blew up in mid-air.2blow something ↔ up to fill something with air or gas: Come and help me blow up the balloons.3to shout angrily at someone: She blew up at me for no reason.4blow something ↔ up if you blow up a photograph, you make it larger: I’d like to have this picture blown up.
1WIND MOVING [intransitive] if wind or air blows, it moves: A cold wind was blowing from the east.2WIND MOVING something [intransitive, transitive] to move in the wind, or to make something move somewhere in the wind: Her hair was blowing in the breeze. My ticket blew away. Hundreds of trees were blown down in the storm. The wind must have blown the door shut/open.3USING YOUR MOUTH [intransitive, transitive] to push air through your mouth: Renée blew on her soup to cool it a little. I hate people who blow smoke in your face.4VIOLENCE [transitive] to damage or destroy something violently with an explosion or by shooting: Part of his leg had been blown off. A bomb like that would blow the building to bits/pieces.5blow your nose to clear your nose by forcing air through it into a cloth or tissue (=piece of soft paper)6blow something (up) out of (all) proportion to make something seem much more serious or important than it is: The health risks had been blown out of proportion.7MAKE A SOUND [intransitive, transitive] to make a sound by pushing air into a whistle, horn, or musical instrument: I could hear the train whistle blowing.8ELECTRICITY STOPS [intransitive, transitive] if an electrical fuse blows, or a piece of electrical equipment blows a fuse, the electricity suddenly stops working9blow the whistle (on somebody) informal to tell the public or someone in authority about something wrong that is happening: He blew the whistle on his colleagues.SPOKEN PHRASES10LOSE AN OPPORTUNITY [transitive] informal to lose a good opportunity, by making a mistake or being careless: I blew it by talking too much in the interview. We’ve blown our chances of getting that contract.11LEAVE [transitive] spoken to leave a place quickly: Let’s blow this joint (=leave this place).12SPEND MONEY [transitive] informal to spend a lot of money at one time in a careless way: I blew all the money I won on a trip to Hawaii.13something blows your mind informal to make you feel very surprised and excited about something: Seeing her again really blew my mind.[Origin: Old English blawan] → let/blow off steam at steam1blow away phrasal verb spoken1to completely surprise someone: It just blows me away how friendly the islanders are.2to kill someone by shooting him/her with a gun: One move and I’ll blow you away!3to defeat someone completely, especially in a game: The Lakers blew the competition away.blow in phrasal verb1also blow into informal to arrive in a place, especially suddenly: Guess who’s just blown into town?2if a storm or bad weather blows in, it arrives and begins to affect an areablow off phrasal verb spoken to treat someone or something as unimportant, for example by not meeting someone or not going to an event: I blew off my 8 a.m. class again. She blew us off and went out with Jim instead.blow out phrasal verb1blow something ↔ out to blow air on a flame and make it stop burning: Blow out all the candles.2if a tire blows out, it burstsblow over phrasal verb1if an argument or a bad situation blows over, it is no longer considered important or is forgotten: Many people expected the scandal to blow over in a few days.2if a storm blows over, it comes to an endblow up phrasal verb1blow (something ↔) up to destroy something, or to be destroyed, by an explosion: A car was blown up near the embassy. Their plane blew up in mid-air.2blow something ↔ up to fill something with air or gas: Come and help me blow up the balloons.3to shout angrily at someone: She blew up at me for no reason.4blow something ↔ up if you blow up a photograph, you make it larger: I’d like to have this picture blown up.
