Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to blow
Participle: blown
Gerund: blowing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | blow |
| you | blow |
| he;she;it | blows |
| we | blow |
| you | blow |
| they | blow |
Perfect
| I | have blown |
| you | have blown |
| he;she;it | has blown |
| we | have blown |
| you | have blown |
| they | have blown |
Past
| I | blew |
| you | blew |
| he;she;it | blew |
| we | blew |
| you | blew |
| they | blew |
Pluperfect
| I | had blown |
| you | had blown |
| he;she;it | had blown |
| we | had blown |
| you | had blown |
| they | had blown |
Future
| I | will blow |
| you | will blow |
| he;she;it | will blow |
| we | will blow |
| you | will blow |
| they | will blow |
Future Perfect
| I | will have blown |
| you | will have blown |
| he;she;it | will have blown |
| we | will have blown |
| you | will have blown |
| they | will have blown |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | blow |
| you | blow |
| he;she;it | blow |
| we | blow |
| you | blow |
| they | blow |
Perfect
| I | have blown |
| you | have blown |
| he;she;it | have blown |
| we | have blown |
| you | have blown |
| they | have blown |
Imperfect
| I | blew |
| you | blew |
| he;she;it | blew |
| we | blew |
| you | blew |
| they | blew |
Pluperfect
| I | had blown |
| you | had blown |
| he;she;it | had blown |
| we | had blown |
| you | had blown |
| they | had blown |
Conditional
Present
| I | would blow |
| you | would blow |
| he;she;it | would blow |
| we | would blow |
| you | would blow |
| they | would blow |
Perfect
| I | would have blown |
| you | would have blown |
| he;she;it | would have blown |
| we | would have blown |
| you | would have blown |
| they | would have blown |
Imperative
| you | blow |
| we | Let's blow |
| you | blow |
Verbs similar to 'blow'
blob,
blog,
blop,
blot,
blowe,
bow,
brow,
flow,
glow,
low,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to administer a physical blow
- bang, baste, batter, beat, belabor, boom-boom, buffet, butt, dab, dash, dowse, fetch one a blow, flap, give toco, hammer, hit, kick, knock, lunge, pat, patter, pelt, pink, poke, pound, pummel, punch, rap, slam, slap, strike, swap, tap, thrash, thump, thwack, whack, whip, yerk
- puff
- gasp, pant, breathe, exhale, whisper, wheeze
- bluster
- squall, storm, roar, wail, whip, stream
- flap
- flutter, waft, rush, whirl, whisk, drive, fling, sweep
- sound
- trumpet, blast, blare, honk, mouth, play, whistle, vibrate
Antonyms
- to bring something into the mouth by inhaling
- suck
- sound
- infirm, impaired, injured, diseased
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
~ away (something),
~ (something) away,
~ away somebody,
~ somebody away,
~ down (something),
~ (something) down,
~ in,
~ off something,
~ something off,
~ off somebody,
~ somebody off,
~ off,
~ out (something),
~ (something) out,
~ out something,
~ something out,
~ out,
~ itself out,
~ out somebody,
~ somebody out,
~ over (something),
~ (something) over,
~ over,
~ up (something),
~ up (somebody),
~ (something) up,
~ (somebody) up,
~ up something,
~ something up,
~ up,
~ up somebody,
~ somebody up,
Etymology
1. "hard hit," c.1460,
blowe, from northern and East Midlands dialects, perhaps from M.Du.
blouwen "to beat," of unknown origin; influenced by
blow (v.1).
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-
4. Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁-
5. Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-der.
6. Proto-Germanic *blēaną
7. Proto-West Germanic *blāan
8. Old English blāwan
9. Middle English blowen
10. English blow
11. From Middle English blowen, from Old English blāwan (“to blow, breathe, inflate, sound”), from Proto-West Germanic *blāan, from Proto-Germanic *blēaną (“to blow”) (compare German blähen), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to swell, blow up”) (compare Latin flō (“to blow”) and Old Armenian բեղուն (bełun, “fertile”)). See: Middle English '
blowen', Proto-Germanic '
*blēaną', German, old spelling '
blähen', Latin '
flō'.
Verbs referencing "blow"
Sranan
bro, Esperanto
blovi, Scots
blaw, German, old spelling
blühen, Latin
flo, Dutch
blowen, Alemannic German
blüeje, German, old spelling
verbläuen, German, old spelling
bleuen.
Sample Sentences
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[...] peeped like molehills from the green sea, and followed them, as they swelled, by slow and almost imperceptible degrees, into a continuous line of coast, can hardly be exaggerated. A sharp keen wind blew dead against us; a hard frost prevailed on shore; and the cold was most severe. Yet the air was so intensely clear, and dry, and bright, that the temperature was not only endurable, but delicious.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] view, where there is a deep cutting, by no means extensive. When there is not, the character of the scenery is always the same. Mile after mile of stunted trees: some hewn down by the axe, some blown down by the wind, some half fallen and resting on their neighbours, many mere logs half hidden in the swamp, others mouldered away to spongy chips. The very soil of the earth is made up of minute [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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The air, even in these distempered parts, is fresh after the stifling atmosphere of the houses; and now, as we emerge into a broader street, it blows upon us with a purer breath, and the stars look bright again. Here are The Tombs once more. The city watch-house is a part of the building. It follows naturally on the sights we have just left. [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] Politics ? Will it be believed that the governor of such a house as this, is appointed, and deposed, and changed perpetually, as Parties fluctuate and vary, and as their despicable weathercocks are blown this way or that ? A hundred times in every week, some new most paltry exhibition of that narrow-minded and injurious Party Spirit, which is the Simoom of America, sickening and blighting [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] to cry, like other mortals; and so he turned his back to the company, and looked out of the window, and seemed particularly busy in clearing his throat and wiping his spectacle-glasses, occasionally blowing his nose in a manner that was calculated to excite suspicion, had any one been in a state to observe critically.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ These feelings are quite natural, George, ” said the good-natured man, blowing his nose. “ Yes, they 're natural, but it is my duty not to encourage ’ em in you. Yes, my boy, I 'm sorry for you, now; it's a bad case—very bad; but the apostle says, ‘Let everyone abide in the [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ Why, I reckon she _is_ tol’able fair, ” said Haley, blowing the smoke out of his mouth.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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We tarried here three days. Our next point was Cincinnati: and as this was a steamboat journey, and western steamboats usually blow up one or two a week in the season, it was advisable to collect opinions in reference to the comparative safety of the vessels bound that way, then lying in the river. One called the Messenger was [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] satisfactory in this ‘location, ’ inasmuch as it was in the stern, and we had been a great many times very gravely recommended to keep as far aft as possible, ‘because the steamboats generally blew up forward. ’ Nor was this an unnecessary caution, as the occurrence and circumstances of more than one such fatality during our stay sufficiently testified. Apart from this source of [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] but a few inches above the water 's edge: and in the narrow space between this upper structure and this barge 's deck, are the furnace fires and machinery, open at the sides to every wind that blows, and every storm of rain it drives along its path.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Are you Davy ? No, man, I 'm Phil. Davy's over there. Thar she blows !
(The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants)
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Any way the wind blows What about him? He'll let us go. Look at him. He can't say no.
(Hadestown: The Musical)