- blow - a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon; "a blow on the head"
--1 is a kind of stroke
--1 is a part of fight, fighting, combat, scrap
--1 has particulars:clip; knock, belt, rap, whack, whang; thwack; smack, smacking, slap; smacker; knockdown; knockout, KO; swat; whip, lash, whiplash; punch, clout, poke, lick, biff; box; kick, boot, kicking; counterblow; swing; stab, thrust, knife thrust; stinger; thump; uppercut; hammer, pound, hammering, pounding; shot; wallop - bump, blow - an impact (as from a collision); "the bump threw him off the bicycle"
--2 is a kind of impact
--2 has particulars:jolt, jar, jounce; concussion; rap, strike, tap; knock, bash, bang, smash, belt; pounding, buffeting; slap, smack - reverse, reversal, setback, blow, black eye - an unfortunate happening that hinders of impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
--3 is a kind of happening, occurrence, natural event
--3 has particulars: whammy- shock, blow - an unpleasant or disappointing surprise; "it came as a shock to learn that he was injured"
--4 is a kind of surprise
--4 has particulars: blip- gust, blast, blow - a strong current of air; "the tree was bent almost double by the gust"
--5 is a kind of wind, air current, current of air
--5 has particulars: bluster; sandblast; puff, puff of air, whiffDerived forms: verb blow2, verb blow14, verb blow4 - coke, blow, nose candy, snow, C - street names for cocaine
--6 is a kind of cocaine, cocain
- blow, puff - forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth; "he gave his nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a single puff"
--7 is a kind of exhalation, expiration, breathing out
--7 has particulars: insufflationDerived forms: verb blow5, verb blow15, verb blow6, verb blow3, verb blow1 - bump, blow - an impact (as from a collision); "the bump threw him off the bicycle"
- blow - exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down"
--1 is one way to exhale, expire, breathe out
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun blow7
Somebody ----s
- blow - be blowing or storming; "The wind blew from the West"
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun blow5
It was blowing all day long
- blow - free of obstruction by blowing air through; "blow one's nose"
--3 is one way to discharge, expel, eject, release
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun blow7
Somebody ----s
- float, drift, be adrift, blow - be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"
--4 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun blow5
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
- blow - make a sound as if blown; "The whistle blew"
--5 is one way to sound, go
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun blow7
Something ----s
- blow - shape by blowing; "Blow a glass vase"
--6 is one way to shape, form
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun blow7, noun blowing1
Somebody ----s something
- botch, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up - make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
--7 is one way to fail, go wrong, miscarry
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Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
- waste, blow, squander - spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"
--8 is one way to use, expend
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Somebody ----s something
- blow - spend lavishly or wastefully on; "He blew a lot of money on his new home theater"
--9 is one way to spend, expend, drop
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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something on somebody
- blow - sound by having air expelled through a tube; "The trumpets blew"
--10 is one way to sound, go
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Something ----s
- blow - play or sound a wind instrument; "She blew the horn"
--11 is one way to sound
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Somebody ----s something
- fellate, blow, go down on - provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation
--12 is one way to stimulate, excite, stir
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Somebody ----s somebody
- blow - cause air to go in, on, or through; "Blow my hair dry"
--13 is one way to send, direct
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun blower2, noun blower3, noun blower1
Something ----s something
- blow - cause to move by means of an air current; "The wind blew the leaves around in the yard"
--14 is one way to move, displace
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun blow5, noun blower2, noun blower1
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- blow - spout moist air from the blowhole; "The whales blew"
--15 is one way to spurt, spirt, gush, spout
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun blow7
Something ----s
- shove off, shove along, blow - leave; informal or rude; "shove off!"; "The children shoved along"; "Blow now!"
--16 is one way to go, go away, depart
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Somebody ----s
- blow - lay eggs; "certain insects are said to blow"
--17 is one way to lay, put down, repose
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- blow - cause to be revealed and jeopardized; "The story blew their cover"; "The double agent was blown by the other side"
--18 is one way to disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out
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Somebody ----s something
- boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade - show off
--19 is one way to overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
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Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s to somebody
- blow - allow to regain its breath; "blow a horse"
--20 is one way to rest
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Somebody ----s something
- blow out, burn out, blow - melt, break, or become otherwise unusable; "The lightbulbs blew out"; "The fuse blew"
--21 is one way to fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down
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Something ----s
- blow - burst suddenly; "The tire blew"; "We blew a tire"
--22 is one way to burst, split, break open
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Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
- blow - sound by having air expelled through a tube; "The trumpets blew"