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blow

adj · intj · name · noun · verb · 83 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /bləʊ/
  • Northumbria: /blaː/
  • General-American: /bloʊ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -əʊ
  • CMU ARPABET: B L OW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Blue.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: otherwise obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

intj

Meaning 2

Used to express displeasure or frustration.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Blow the expense!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A strong wind.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • We’re having a bit of a blow this afternoon.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A chance to catch one's breath.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, informal, uncountable

Examples

  • The players were able to get a blow during the last timeout.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Powder cocaine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, slang, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: snow, nose candy, benzoylmethylecgonine, blow, Bolivian marching powder, booger sugar, boots, California corn flakes, charlie, ching, coke, corinne, crystals, flake, girl, hard white, marching powder, nose beer, nose powder, party powder, powder, rock, rocks, slim, sniff, snuff, toot, wash, white, white girl, white lady, yay, yayo, yola

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Cannabis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, slang, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bhang, benj, boo, broccoli, bud, buddha, cannabis, cheeba, choof, daccha, dank, devil's lettuce, djamba, doja, doobage, dope, endo, gage, ganja, ganj, grass, green, greenery, hash, hashish, hemp, herb, Mary Jane, MJ, marihoochie, marijuana, Mary Joanna, method, mezz, muggle, mull, pot, puff, reefer, sens, sensimillia, sensimilla, shit, sweetleaf, tea, Texas tea, trees, twig, wacky tobaccy, weed, yarndie, zaza, zombie

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

Heroin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang, uncountable

Qualifier: Chicago dialectal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Big H, boy, brown sugar, brown, bujj, diacetylmorphine, diamorphine, dog food, dope, dugee, henry, heroin, horse, H, junk, muck, mud, ron, scag, smack, spider, sugar, whiteboy, white lady, yam yam

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A blowjob; fellatio.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, informal, uncountable, vulgar

Examples

  • His girlfriend gave him a blow.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: brain, dome, head, mouth music, neck, Kirk

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

An instance of using high-pressure air to empty water from the ballast tanks of a submarine, increasing the submarine's buoyancy and causing it to surface.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: nautical, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

An instance of the act of striking or hitting.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • A fabricator is used to direct a sharp blow to the surface of the stone.
  • During an exchange to end round 13, Duran landed a blow to the midsection.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bace, strike, hit, punch

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

A damaging occurrence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • A further blow to the group came in 1917 when Thomson died while canoeing in Algonquin Park.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: disaster, calamity

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

A cut made to a sheep's fleece by a shearer using hand-shears.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, historical

Qualifier: shearing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

noun

Meaning 15

An outcrop of quartz from surrounding rock, thought to indicate mineral deposits below.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, New-Zealand

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

noun

Meaning 16

Synonym of button (“the punchy or suspenseful line of dialogue that concludes a scene”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: broadcasting, media, television

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: button

Antonyms: none provided

17

noun

Meaning 17

A state of flowering; a bloom.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • roses in full blow

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

noun

Meaning 18

A display or mass of flowers; a yield.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

noun

Meaning 19

A display of anything bright or brilliant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

20

verb

Meaning 20

To produce an air current.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

21

verb

Meaning 21

To propel by an air current (or, if under water, a water current), usually with the mouth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Blow the dust off that book and open it up.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

22

verb

Meaning 22

To be propelled by an air current.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • The leaves blow through the streets in the fall.
  • What stormy weather —the roofs are blowing off!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

23

verb

Meaning 23

To direct or move, usually of a person to a particular location.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

24

verb

Meaning 24

To create or shape by blowing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • to blow bubbles
  • to blow glass
  • Joe puffed on his pipe and blew a couple of smoke rings.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

25

verb

Meaning 25

To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • to blow the fire

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

26

verb

Meaning 26

To clear of contents by forcing air through.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • to blow an egg
  • to blow one’s nose
  • The submarine blew its main ballast tanks.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

27

verb

Meaning 27

To cause to make sound by blowing (as a musical instrument).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Blow your horn! That car is about to hit us!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

28

verb

Meaning 28

To make a sound as a result of being blown.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • In the harbor, the ships’ horns blew.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

29

verb

Meaning 29

To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while feeding.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • There’s nothing more thrilling to the whale watcher than to see a whale surface and blow.
  • There she blows! (i.e. “I see a whale spouting!”)

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

30

verb

Meaning 30

To burst or explode; to occur suddenly

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • Get away from that burning gas tank! It’s about to blow!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

31

verb

Meaning 31

To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • The demolition squad neatly blew the old hotel up.
  • The aerosol can was blown to bits.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

32

verb

Meaning 32

To cause the sudden destruction of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • He blew the tires and the engine.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

33

verb

Meaning 33

To blow from a gun (method of executing a person).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical, transitive

Topics: government, military, politics, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

34

verb

Meaning 34

To suddenly fail or give way destructively.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • He tried to sprint, but his ligaments blew and he was barely able to walk to the finish line.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

35

verb

Meaning 35

Of a vein, to suffer a rupture or puncture in the wall as a result of an injection or cannula, causing fluid (blood, medication, or saline) to leak into the surrounding tissue.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, intransitive

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

36

verb

Meaning 36

To melt away because of overcurrent, creating a gap in a wire, thus stopping a circuit from operating.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ergative

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

37

verb

Meaning 37

To recklessly squander.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang, transitive

Examples

  • I managed to blow $1000 at blackjack in under an hour.
  • I blew $35 thou on a car.
  • We blew an opportunity to get benign corporate sponsorship.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

38

verb

Meaning 38

To fail at; to mess up; to make a mistake in.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic, informal, transitive

Examples

  • I blew it and forgot to start the spaghetti, so I had plenty of sauce and no pasta.
  • Good luck, and don’t blow it!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

39

verb

Meaning 39

To be very undesirable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, slang, stative

Qualifier: sometimes considered vulgar

Examples

  • This blows!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: suck

Antonyms: none provided

40

verb

Meaning 40

To perform oral sex on (someone); to fellate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive, vulgar

Examples

  • Who did you have to blow to get those backstage passes?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: give brain, give dome, give hat, give head, give neck, give noddy, go down on

Antonyms: none provided

41

verb

Meaning 41

To leave, especially suddenly or in a hurry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang, transitive

Examples

  • Let’s blow this joint.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

42

verb

Meaning 42

To leave the Church of Scientology in an unauthorized manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Topics: Scientology, lifestyle, religion

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

43

verb

Meaning 43

To make flyblown; to defile or spoil, especially with fly eggs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

44

verb

Meaning 44

(of a fly) To lay eggs; to breed (in flesh or meat).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

45

verb

Meaning 45

To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

46

verb

Meaning 46

To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

47

verb

Meaning 47

To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

48

verb

Meaning 48

To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

49

verb

Meaning 49

To talk loudly; boast; brag.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated, intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

50

verb

Meaning 50

To slander, insult, critique or discredit (someone); to reprimand or scold (someone).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated, slang, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

51

verb

Meaning 51

To expose, or inform on.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, archaic, slang, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: grass up

Antonyms: none provided

52

verb

Meaning 52

To sing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, intransitive, slang

Qualifier: African-American Vernacular

Examples

  • That girl has a wonderful voice; just listen to her blow!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

53

verb

Meaning 53

To flatulate or defecate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial, intransitive, slang

Examples

  • Uh, oh! I gotta blow!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

54

verb

Meaning 54

To blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

55

noun

Meaning 55

forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he gave his nose a loud blow
  • he blew out all the candles with a single puff

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: puff

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: exhalation, expiration, breathing out

Narrower terms: insufflation

56

noun

Meaning 56

a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a blow on the head

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: stroke

Narrower terms: backhander, clip, knock, belt, rap, whack, whang, thwack, smack, smacking, slap, smacker, knockdown, knockout, KO, kayo, swat, whip, lash, whiplash, punch, clout, poke, lick, biff, slug, box, kick, boot, kicking, counterblow, swing, stab, thrust, knife thrust, stinger, thump, uppercut, hammer, pound, hammering, pounding, shot, wallop

57

noun

Meaning 57

street names for cocaine

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: coke, nose candy, snow, C

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cocaine, cocain

58

noun

Meaning 58

an unpleasant or disappointing surprise

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • it came as a shock to learn that he was injured

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: shock

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: surprise

Narrower terms: blip

59

noun

Meaning 59

an impact (as from a collision)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the bump threw him off the bicycle

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bump

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: impact

Narrower terms: jolt, jar, jounce, shock, concussion, rap, strike, tap, knock, bash, bang, smash, belt, pounding, buffeting, sideswipe, slap, smack

60

noun

Meaning 60

an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: reverse, reversal, setback, black eye

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event

Narrower terms: whammy

61

noun

Meaning 61

a strong current of air

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the tree was bent almost double by the gust

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gust, blast

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wind, air current, current of air

Narrower terms: bluster, sandblast, puff, puff of air, whiff

62

verb

Meaning 62

exhale hard

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • blow on the soup to cool it down

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: exhale, expire, breathe out

Narrower terms: pant, puff, gasp, heave, huff, chuff, insufflate

63

verb

Meaning 63

free of obstruction by blowing air through

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • blow one's nose

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: exhaust, discharge, expel, eject, release

64

verb

Meaning 64

burst suddenly

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The tire blew
  • We blew a tire

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: burst, split, break open

65

verb

Meaning 65

melt, break, or become otherwise unusable

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The lightbulbs blew out
  • The fuse blew

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: blow out, burn out

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down

66

verb

Meaning 66

shape by blowing

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Blow a glass vase

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shape, form

67

verb

Meaning 67

allow to regain its breath

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • blow a horse

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rest

68

verb

Meaning 68

show off

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, bluster, vaunt, gasconade

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify

Narrower terms: puff, gloat, triumph, crow

69

verb

Meaning 69

cause to be revealed and jeopardized

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The story blew their cover
  • The double agent was blown by the other side

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out

70

verb

Meaning 70

lay eggs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • certain insects are said to blow

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: lay, put down, repose

71

verb

Meaning 71

leave; informal or rude

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • shove off!
  • The children shoved along
  • Blow now!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: shove off, shove along

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: go, go away, depart

72

verb

Meaning 72

be in motion due to some air or water current

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • 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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: float, drift, be adrift

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: travel, go, move, locomote

Narrower terms: waft, tide, stream

73

verb

Meaning 73

spout moist air from the blowhole

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The whales blew

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: spurt, spirt, gush, spout

74

verb

Meaning 74

cause to move by means of an air current

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The wind blew the leaves around in the yard

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: move, displace

Narrower terms: whiff

75

verb

Meaning 75

cause air to go in, on, or through

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Blow my hair dry

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: send, direct

Narrower terms: blast

76

verb

Meaning 76

provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fellate, suck, go down on

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: stimulate, excite, stir

77

verb

Meaning 77

play or sound a wind instrument

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She blew the horn

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sound

78

verb

Meaning 78

make a sound as if blown

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The whistle blew

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sound, go

79

verb

Meaning 79

sound by having air expelled through a tube

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The trumpets blew

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sound, go

80

verb

Meaning 80

spend lavishly or wastefully on

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He blew a lot of money on his new home theater

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: spend, expend, drop

81

verb

Meaning 81

spend thoughtlessly; throw away

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends
  • You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: waste, squander

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: use, expend

Narrower terms: burn

82

verb

Meaning 82

make a mess of, destroy or ruin

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
  • the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, 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

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fail, go wrong, miscarry

83

verb

Meaning 83

be blowing or storming

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The wind blew from the West

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: breeze, set in, waft, storm, squall, bluster

History

Etymology

From Middle English blo, bloo, from Old English blāw (“blue”), from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue, dark blue, grey, black”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhlēw- (“yellow, blond, grey”). Cognate with Latin flavus (“yellow”). Doublet of blue.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bhel- Proto-Indo-European *-eh1- Proto-Indo-European *bhleh1-der. Proto-Germanic *blēaną Proto-West Germanic *blāan Old English blāwan Middle English blowen English blow 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”)).

From Middle English blowe, blaw, northern variant of blēwe, from Proto-Germanic *blewwaną (“to beat”) (compare Old Norse blegði (“wedge”), German einbläuen, Middle Dutch blouwen). Related to block.

From Middle English blowen, from Old English blōwan, from Proto-Germanic *blōaną (compare Dutch bloeien, German blühen), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleh3- (compare Latin florēre (“to bloom”)).

Across languages

Translations

568 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: frymë — strong wind
  • Old Czech: fúk — strong wind
  • Estonian: tuulepuhang — strong wind
  • Finnish: puhuri — strong wind
  • Finnish: kova tuuli — strong wind
  • German: Böe — strong wind
  • German: Bö — strong wind
  • Hungarian: széllökés — strong wind
  • Hungarian: szélroham — strong wind
  • Italian: ventata — strong wind
  • Italian: folata — strong wind
  • Latvian: vēja brāzma — strong wind
  • Livonian: tūltõuk — strong wind
  • Macedonian: виор (vior) — strong wind
  • Portuguese: ventania — strong wind
  • Romanian: furtună — strong wind
  • Slovak: vietor — strong wind
  • Spanish: soplido — strong wind
  • Spanish: sopladura — strong wind
  • Swedish: blåst — strong wind
  • Finnish: hengähdystauko — chance to catch one’s breath
  • Finnish: henkeä — chance to catch one’s breath
  • French: pause — chance to catch one’s breath
  • Macedonian: здив (zdiv) — chance to catch one’s breath
  • Romanian: suflare — chance to catch one’s breath
  • Romanian: răsuflare — chance to catch one’s breath
  • Russian: переды́шка (peredýška) — chance to catch one’s breath
  • Arabic: ضَرْبَة (ḍarba) — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Armenian: հարված (harvac) — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Azerbaijani: zərbə — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Azerbaijani: vuruş — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Basque: kolpe — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Belarusian: уда́р (udár) — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Bengali: সদমা (śodoma) — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Bulgarian: у́дар (údar) — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Catalan: cop — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Czech: úder — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Dutch: slag — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Egyptian: V6:z-m-F27-Z1 (šsm) — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Esperanto: bato — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Esperanto: frapo — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Finnish: isku — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • French: coup — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Galician: golpe — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • German: Schlag — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Gothic: 𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌷𐍃 (slahs) — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Greek: πλήγμα (plígma) — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Greek: χτύπημα (chtýpima) — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Ancient Greek: πλῆγμα (plêgma) — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Ancient Greek: πληγή (plēgḗ) — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Hungarian: csapás — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Ido: frapo — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Ingrian: nappu — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Ingrian: isku — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Ingrian: napsu — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Ingrian: tiltukkain — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Irish: béim — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Irish: cíonán — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Irish: clabhta — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Italian: botta — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Italian: colpo — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Kyrgyz: сокку (sokku) — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Latin: plāga — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Macedonian: удар (udar) — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Maltese: daqqa — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Māori: tarawete — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Māori: patunga — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Māori: paotanga — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Marshallese: bait — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Middle English: swynge — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Norwegian Bokmål: slag — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: slag — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Old English: sleġe — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Old Prussian: brukis — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Plautdietsch: Schlach — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Polish: cios — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Polish: uderzenie — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Portuguese: golpe — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Romanian: lovitură — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Romansh: frida — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Romansh: freida — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Romansh: cuolp — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Russian: уда́р (udár) — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Scottish Gaelic: beum — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Scottish Gaelic: bualadh — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Scottish Gaelic: buille — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Serbo-Croatian: у̏да̄р — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Serbo-Croatian: ȕdār — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Slovak: úder — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Slovak: rana — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Slovene: udarec — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Spanish: golpe — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Spanish: coñazo — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Swahili: panchi — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Swedish: slag — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Telugu: దెబ్బ (debba) — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Telugu: వేటు (vēṭu) — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Ukrainian: уда́р (udár) — instance of the act of striking or hitting
  • Armenian: հարված (harvac) — damaging occurrence
  • Azerbaijani: zərbə — damaging occurrence
  • Catalan: cop — damaging occurrence
  • Dutch: slag — damaging occurrence
  • Dutch: tegenslag — damaging occurrence
  • Finnish: takaisku — damaging occurrence
  • Finnish: isku — damaging occurrence
  • French: coup — damaging occurrence
  • German: Rückschlag — damaging occurrence
  • Greek: πλήγμα (plígma) — damaging occurrence
  • Greek: χτύπημα (chtýpima) — damaging occurrence
  • Latin: plāga — damaging occurrence
  • Macedonian: удар (udar) — damaging occurrence
  • Polish: cios — damaging occurrence
  • Portuguese: desgraça — damaging occurrence
  • Russian: уда́р (udár) — damaging occurrence
  • Slovak: rana — damaging occurrence
  • Slovak: úder — damaging occurrence
  • Spanish: golpe — damaging occurrence
  • Spanish: mazazo — damaging occurrence
  • Spanish: varapalo — damaging occurrence
  • Swahili: panchi — damaging occurrence
  • Swedish: slag — damaging occurrence
  • Telugu: దెబ్బ (debba) — damaging occurrence
  • Ukrainian: уда́р (udár) — damaging occurrence
  • Finnish: kukinta — state of flowering — see also bloom
  • Finnish: loisto — state of flowering — see also bloom
  • French: floraison — state of flowering — see also bloom
  • Swedish: blom — state of flowering — see also bloom
  • Finnish: kukkaloisto — display or mass of flowers
  • Swedish: blom — display or mass of flowers
  • Finnish: loisto — display of anything bright or brilliant
  • Afrikaans: blaas — to produce an air current
  • Aklanon: huyop — to produce an air current
  • Albanian: fry — to produce an air current
  • Albanian: fri — to produce an air current
  • Southern Altai: эзер (ezer) — to produce an air current
  • Arabic: نَفَخَ (nafaḵa) — to produce an air current
  • Arabic: هف (haf) — to produce an air current
  • Armenian: փչել (pʻčʻel) — to produce an air current
  • Aromanian: suflu — to produce an air current
  • Asturian: soplar — to produce an air current
  • Avar: пузе (puze) — to produce an air current
  • Azerbaijani: üfürmək — to produce an air current
  • Azerbaijani: əsmək — to produce an air current
  • Bashkir: өрөү (öröw) — to produce an air current
  • Bashkir: иҫеү (iśew) — to produce an air current
  • Belarusian: дзьмуць (dzʹmucʹ) — to produce an air current
  • Belarusian: дуць (ducʹ) — to produce an air current
  • Belarusian: ве́яць (vjéjacʹ) — to produce an air current
  • Belarusian: дзьму́хаць (dzʹmúxacʹ) — to produce an air current
  • Central Bikol: hayop — to produce an air current
  • Central Bikol: huyop — to produce an air current
  • Bulgarian: ду́хам (dúham) — to produce an air current
  • Bulgarian: ве́я (véja) — to produce an air current
  • Burmese: မှုတ် (hmut) — to produce an air current
  • Catalan: bufar — to produce an air current
  • Cebuano: huyop — to produce an air current
  • Chinese Mandarin: 吹 (chuī) — to produce an air current
  • Chinese Mandarin: 颳 /刮 (guā) — to produce an air current
  • Ngazidja Comorian: hura — to produce an air current
  • Czech: vát — to produce an air current
  • Czech: vanout — to produce an air current
  • Czech: foukat — to produce an air current
  • Old Czech: dúti — to produce an air current
  • Danish: blæse — to produce an air current
  • Danish: puste — to produce an air current
  • Dutch: blazen — to produce an air current
  • Dutch: waaien — to produce an air current
  • Esperanto: blovi — to produce an air current
  • Evenki: эдынми (ədinmi) — to produce an air current
  • Evenki: хувдеми (huwʒemi) — to produce an air current
  • Faroese: blása — to produce an air current
  • Finnish: puhaltaa — to produce an air current
  • French: souffler — to produce an air current
  • North Frisian: blä — to produce an air current
  • Old Frisian: blā — to produce an air current
  • West-Frisian: blaze — to produce an air current
  • West-Frisian: waaie — to produce an air current
  • Friulian: soflâ — to produce an air current
  • Galician: soprar — to produce an air current
  • Georgian: უბერავს (uberavs) — to produce an air current
  • Georgian: დაუბერავს (dauberavs) — to produce an air current
  • Georgian: შეუბერავს (šeuberavs) — to produce an air current
  • Georgian: ქრის (kris) — to produce an air current
  • German: blasen — to produce an air current
  • German: pusten — to produce an air current
  • German: wehen — to produce an air current
  • Greek: φυσώ (fysó) — to produce an air current
  • Ancient Greek: ἄημι (áēmi) — to produce an air current
  • Higaonon: hiyop — to produce an air current
  • Hiligaynon: huyop — to produce an air current
  • White Hmong: tshuab — to produce an air current
  • Hungarian: fúj — to produce an air current
  • Icelandic: blása — to produce an air current
  • Ido: suflar — to produce an air current
  • Indonesian: tiup — to produce an air current
  • Interlingua: sufflar — to produce an air current
  • Irish: séid — to produce an air current
  • Italian: soffiare — to produce an air current
  • Japanese: 吹く (fuku) — to produce an air current
  • Kazakh: соғу (soğu) — to produce an air current
  • Kazakh: үрлеу (ürleu) — to produce an air current
  • Khmer: បក់ (bɑk) — to produce an air current
  • Korean: 불다 (bulda) — to produce an air current
  • Central Kurdish: فو (fu) — to produce an air current
  • Kyrgyz: согуу (soguu) — to produce an air current
  • Kyrgyz: эсүү (esüü) — to produce an air current
  • Lao: ພັດ (phat) — to produce an air current
  • Latgalian: pyust — to produce an air current
  • Latin: flo — to produce an air current
  • Latin: sufflo — to produce an air current
  • Latvian: pūst — to produce an air current
  • Lithuanian: pūsti — to produce an air current
  • Macedonian: дува (duva) — to produce an air current
  • Malay: tiup — to produce an air current
  • Malay: hembus — to produce an air current
  • Manchu: ᡶᡠᠯᡤᡳᠶᡝᠮᠪᡳ (fulgiyembi) — to produce an air current
  • Manchu: ᡝᡩᡠᠨ ᡩᠠᠮᠪᡳ (edun dambi) — to produce an air current
  • Manchu: ᡝᡩᡠᠮᠪᡳ (edumbi) — to produce an air current
  • Mansaka: oyop — to produce an air current
  • Māori: ihi — to produce an air current
  • Maranao: iop — to produce an air current
  • Middle English: blowen — to produce an air current
  • Mongolian: үлээх (üleex) — to produce an air current
  • Mongolian: салхилах (salxilax) — to produce an air current
  • Mpade: swe — to produce an air current
  • Nanai: пу- (pu-) — to produce an air current
  • Nanai: пиуги- (piugi-) — to produce an air current
  • Norwegian Bokmål: blåse — to produce an air current
  • Occitan: bufar — to produce an air current
  • Old English: blāwan — to produce an air current
  • Ossetian: дымын (dymyn) — to produce an air current
  • Papiamentu: supla — to produce an air current
  • Persian: وزیدن (vazidan) — to produce an air current
  • Polabian: blozăt — to produce an air current
  • Polish: dmuchać — to produce an air current
  • Polish: dąć — to produce an air current
  • Polish: wiać — to produce an air current
  • Portuguese: soprar — to produce an air current
  • Portuguese: assoprar — to produce an air current
  • Portuguese: bufar — to produce an air current
  • Quechua: phukuy — to produce an air current
  • Quechua: wayray — to produce an air current
  • Rapa Nui: puhi — to produce an air current
  • Romanian: sufla — to produce an air current
  • Romansh: sufflar — to produce an air current
  • Romansh: buffar — to produce an air current
  • Romansh: zuflar — to produce an air current
  • Romansh: zufler — to produce an air current
  • Romansh: bufar — to produce an air current
  • Romansh: sofflar — to produce an air current
  • Romansh: boffar — to produce an air current
  • Russian: дуть (dutʹ) — to produce an air current
  • Russian: ду́нуть (dúnutʹ) — to produce an air current
  • Russian: поду́ть (podútʹ) — to produce an air current
  • Russian: ве́ять (véjatʹ) — to produce an air current
  • Russian: пове́ять (povéjatʹ) — to produce an air current
  • Russian: сморка́ться (smorkátʹsja) — to produce an air current
  • Russian: сморкну́ться pf blow the nose (smorknútʹsja) — to produce an air current
  • Sanskrit: वाति (vāti) — to produce an air current
  • Scottish Gaelic: sèid — to produce an air current
  • Serbo-Croatian: ду́вати — to produce an air current
  • Serbo-Croatian: ду́хати — to produce an air current
  • Serbo-Croatian: пу́вати — to produce an air current
  • Serbo-Croatian: пу́хати — to produce an air current
  • Serbo-Croatian: пу́хнути — to produce an air current
  • Serbo-Croatian: dúvati — to produce an air current
  • Serbo-Croatian: dúhati — to produce an air current
  • Serbo-Croatian: púvati — to produce an air current
  • Serbo-Croatian: púhati — to produce an air current
  • Serbo-Croatian: púhnuti — to produce an air current
  • Sicilian: ciusciari — to produce an air current
  • Sicilian: sciusciari — to produce an air current
  • Sicilian: susciari — to produce an air current
  • Sicilian: ciuciari — to produce an air current
  • Sicilian: xuxari — to produce an air current
  • Slovak: duť — to produce an air current
  • Slovak: fúkať — to produce an air current
  • Slovak: vanúť — to produce an air current
  • Slovak: fúknuť — to produce an air current
  • Slovene: pihati — to produce an air current
  • Lower Sorbian: duś — to produce an air current
  • Lower Sorbian: dunuś — to produce an air current
  • Spanish: soplar — to produce an air current
  • Spanish: bufar — to produce an air current
  • Sranan Tongo: bro — to produce an air current
  • Sundanese: tiup — to produce an air current
  • Swahili: -puliza — to produce an air current
  • Swedish: blåsa — to produce an air current
  • Tagalog: hihip — to produce an air current
  • Tagalog: hihipan — to produce an air current
  • Tausug: huyup — to produce an air current
  • Ternate: hio — to produce an air current
  • Tetum: huu — to produce an air current
  • Thai: พัด (pát) — to produce an air current
  • Turkish: üflemek — to produce an air current
  • Turkish: esmek — to produce an air current
  • Ottoman Turkish: اسمك (esmek) — to produce an air current
  • Turkmen: öwüsmek — to produce an air current
  • Ukrainian: ду́ти (dúty) — to produce an air current
  • Ukrainian: ві́яти (víjaty) — to produce an air current
  • Ukrainian: дму́хати (dmúxaty) — to produce an air current
  • Uzbek: esmoq — to produce an air current
  • Venetan: supiar — to produce an air current
  • Venetan: sufiar — to produce an air current
  • Vietnamese: thổi — to produce an air current
  • Vietnamese: phù — to produce an air current
  • Vietnamese: phù phù — to produce an air current
  • Welsh: chwythu — to produce an air current
  • Yiddish: בלאָזן (blozn) — to produce an air current
  • Zazaki: pıf kerden — to produce an air current
  • Zazaki: fêlen — to produce an air current
  • Zealandic: blaeze — to produce an air current
  • Armenian: փչել (pʻčʻel) — to propel by an air current
  • Chinese Mandarin: 刮走 (guāzǒu) — to propel by an air current
  • Danish: blæse — to propel by an air current
  • Danish: puste — to propel by an air current
  • Dutch: blazen — to propel by an air current
  • Finnish: puhaltaa — to propel by an air current
  • French: souffler — to propel by an air current
  • German: blasen — to propel by an air current
  • German: wegblasen — to propel by an air current
  • German: fortblasen — to propel by an air current
  • German: hinfortblasen — to propel by an air current
  • German: pusten — to propel by an air current
  • German: wegpusten — to propel by an air current
  • Ido: suflar — to propel by an air current
  • Irish: séid — to propel by an air current
  • Korean: 불다 (bulda) — to propel by an air current
  • Māori: pūawhe — to propel by an air current
  • Māori: pongipongi — to propel by an air current
  • Polish: zdmuchnąć — to propel by an air current
  • Portuguese: soprar — to propel by an air current
  • Portuguese: assoprar — to propel by an air current
  • Russian: сдува́ть (sduvátʹ) — to propel by an air current
  • Russian: сдуть (sdutʹ) — to propel by an air current
  • Scottish Gaelic: sèid — to propel by an air current
  • Spanish: soplar — to propel by an air current
  • Vietnamese: thở — to propel by an air current
  • Vietnamese: thổi — to propel by an air current
  • Chinese Mandarin: 隨風飄動 /随风飘动 (suífēng piāodòng) — to be propelled by an air current
  • Danish: blæse — to be propelled by an air current
  • Finnish: lentää — to be propelled by an air current
  • Finnish: lennähtää — to be propelled by an air current
  • Finnish: lennellä — to be propelled by an air current
  • German: wehen — to be propelled by an air current
  • Ido: suflesar — to be propelled by an air current
  • Irish: séid — to be propelled by an air current
  • Korean: 불리다 (bullida) — to be propelled by an air current
  • Macedonian: се вее (se vee) — to be propelled by an air current
  • Māori: pūawhe — to be propelled by an air current
  • Māori: pongipongi — to be propelled by an air current
  • Middle English: blowen — to be propelled by an air current
  • Portuguese: ser soprado — to be propelled by an air current
  • Romanian: fi purtat — to be propelled by an air current
  • Russian: относи́ть (otnosítʹ) — to be propelled by an air current
  • Slovak: letieť — to be propelled by an air current
  • Slovak: niesť sa — to be propelled by an air current
  • Swedish: blåsa — to be propelled by an air current
  • Vietnamese: bay — to be propelled by an air current
  • Chinese Mandarin: 吹氣 /吹气 (chuīqì) — to create or shape by blowing
  • Dutch: blazen — to create or shape by blowing
  • Finnish: puhaltaa — to create or shape by blowing
  • French: souffler — to create or shape by blowing
  • Hebrew: ניפח (nipéakh) — to create or shape by blowing
  • Irish: séid — to create or shape by blowing
  • Korean: 불다 (bulda) — to create or shape by blowing
  • Macedonian: дува (duva) — to create or shape by blowing
  • Portuguese: assoprar — to create or shape by blowing
  • Romanian: umfla — to create or shape by blowing
  • Russian: выдува́ть (vyduvátʹ) — to create or shape by blowing
  • Russian: вы́дуть (výdutʹ) — to create or shape by blowing
  • Slovak: nafúknuť — to create or shape by blowing
  • Slovak: nafukovať — to create or shape by blowing
  • Spanish: soplar — to create or shape by blowing
  • Swedish: blåsa — to create or shape by blowing
  • Vietnamese: thổi — to create or shape by blowing
  • Albanian: fryj — to force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means
  • French: souffler — to force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means
  • Malayalam: ഊതുക (ūtuka) — to force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means
  • Māori: pūkeru — to force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means
  • Māori: whengu — to force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means
  • Middle English: blowen — to force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means
  • Mongolian: үлээх (üleex) — to force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means
  • Russian: дуть (dutʹ) — to force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means
  • Slovak: fúkať — to force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means
  • Slovak: fúknuť — to force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means
  • Turkish: üflemek — to force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means
  • Turkmen: üflemek — to force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means
  • French: moucher — to blow the nose
  • German: schnäuzen — to blow the nose
  • Lingala: fembe — to blow the nose
  • Māori: whengu — to blow the nose
  • Swedish: snyta — to blow the nose
  • Ngazidja Comorian: upvuzia — to blow and make give a sound
  • Danish: blæse — to blow and make give a sound
  • Danish: trutte — to blow and make give a sound
  • Finnish: soittaa — to blow and make give a sound
  • Finnish: puhaltaa — to blow and make give a sound
  • French: jouer (de) — to blow and make give a sound
  • French: souffler — to blow and make give a sound
  • Hebrew: תָּקַע (taká') — to blow and make give a sound
  • Irish: séid — to blow and make give a sound
  • Malayalam: ഊതുക (ūtuka) — to blow and make give a sound
  • Mongolian: үлээх (üleex) — to blow and make give a sound
  • Old English: blāwan — to blow and make give a sound
  • Persian: دمیدن (damidan) — to blow and make give a sound
  • Polish: dąć — to blow and make give a sound
  • Polish: zadąć — to blow and make give a sound
  • Polish: dmuchać — to blow and make give a sound
  • Polish: dmuchnąć — to blow and make give a sound
  • Portuguese: assoprar — to blow and make give a sound
  • Romanian: cânta la un instrument — to blow and make give a sound
  • Russian: дуть (dutʹ) — to blow and make give a sound
  • Scottish Gaelic: sèid — to blow and make give a sound
  • Slovak: trúbiť — to blow and make give a sound
  • Slovak: hrať — to blow and make give a sound
  • Swedish: blåsa — to blow and make give a sound
  • Yiddish: בלאָזן (blozn) — to blow and make give a sound
  • Finnish: soida — to make a sound as if being blown
  • Middle English: blowen — to make a sound as if being blown
  • Portuguese: assoprar — to make a sound as if being blown
  • Romanian: fluiera — to make a sound as if being blown
  • Romanian: șuiera — to make a sound as if being blown
  • Scottish Gaelic: sèid — to make a sound as if being blown
  • Slovak: trúbiť — to make a sound as if being blown
  • Chinese Mandarin: 喘氣 /喘气 (chuǎnqì) — (of a cetacean) to exhale seawater visibly through the spout
  • Dutch: spuiten — (of a cetacean) to exhale seawater visibly through the spout
  • Finnish: suihkuttaa — (of a cetacean) to exhale seawater visibly through the spout
  • Finnish: puhaltaa — (of a cetacean) to exhale seawater visibly through the spout
  • Korean: 뿜다 (ppumda) — (of a cetacean) to exhale seawater visibly through the spout
  • Māori: pipiha — (of a cetacean) to exhale seawater visibly through the spout
  • Māori: pupuha — (of a cetacean) to exhale seawater visibly through the spout
  • Māori: paute — (of a cetacean) to exhale seawater visibly through the spout
  • Portuguese: assoprar — (of a cetacean) to exhale seawater visibly through the spout
  • Scottish Gaelic: sèid — (of a cetacean) to exhale seawater visibly through the spout
  • Swedish: blåsa — (of a cetacean) to exhale seawater visibly through the spout
  • Vietnamese: phun nước — (of a cetacean) to exhale seawater visibly through the spout
  • Armenian: պայթել (paytʻel) — to explode
  • Bulgarian: взривявам се (vzrivjavam se) — to explode
  • Bulgarian: експлодирам (eksplodiram) — to explode
  • Chinese Mandarin: 爆炸 (bàozhà) — to explode
  • Danish: sprænge — to explode
  • Dutch: springen — to explode
  • Dutch: ontploffen — to explode
  • Finnish: räjähtää — to explode
  • French: péter — to explode
  • French: sauter — to explode
  • German: hochgehen — to explode
  • German: in die Luft gehen — to explode
  • German: explodieren — to explode
  • Hebrew: התפוצץ (hitpotzétz) — to explode
  • Italian: esplodere — to explode
  • Japanese: 爆発する (bakuhatsusuru) — to explode
  • Korean: 터지다 (teojida) — to explode
  • Latvian: sprāgt — to explode
  • Macedonian: се распрснува (se rasprsnuva) — to explode
  • Polish: wybuchać — to explode
  • Polish: wybuchnąć — to explode
  • Portuguese: explodir — to explode
  • Portuguese: estourar — to explode
  • Russian: взрыва́ться (vzryvátʹsja) — to explode
  • Russian: взорва́ться (vzorvátʹsja) — to explode
  • Russian: взлета́ть на во́здух (vzletátʹ na vózdux) — to explode
  • Russian: взлете́ть на во́здух (vzletétʹ na vózdux) — to explode
  • Vietnamese: nổ — to explode
  • Finnish: räjäyttää — to cause to explode
  • French: faire sauter — to cause to explode
  • Portuguese: explodir — to cause to explode
  • Portuguese: estourar — to cause to explode
  • Russian: взрывать (vzryvatʹ) — to cause to explode
  • Russian: взорвать (vzorvatʹ) — to cause to explode
  • Swedish: spränga — to cause to explode
  • Finnish: rikkoa — to cause sudden destruction of
  • Finnish: särkeä — to cause sudden destruction of
  • Finnish: polttaa — to cause sudden destruction of
  • French: péter — to cause sudden destruction of
  • Italian: far saltare — to cause sudden destruction of
  • Portuguese: detonar — to cause sudden destruction of
  • Spanish: reventar — to cause sudden destruction of
  • Finnish: rikkoutua — to suddenly fail destructively
  • Finnish: särkyä — to suddenly fail destructively
  • Finnish: palaa — to suddenly fail destructively
  • French: exploser en vol — to suddenly fail destructively
  • Slovak: rupnúť — to suddenly fail destructively
  • Spanish: arruinar — to suddenly fail destructively
  • Spanish: cagar — to suddenly fail destructively
  • Chinese Mandarin: 搞砸 (gǎozá) — to be very undesirable
  • Finnish: olla syvältä — to be very undesirable
  • French: être nul — to be very undesirable
  • French: faire chier — to be very undesirable
  • Korean: 제기랄 (jegiral) — to be very undesirable
  • Portuguese: ser ruim — to be very undesirable
  • Portuguese: ser uma porcaria — to be very undesirable
  • Portuguese: ser uma merda — to be very undesirable
  • Spanish: apestar — to be very undesirable
  • Vietnamese: tẽn tò — to be very undesirable
  • Vietnamese: tẽn — to be very undesirable
  • Vietnamese: thẹn thò — to be very undesirable
  • Vietnamese: thẹn — to be very undesirable
  • Chinese Mandarin: 浪費 /浪费 (làngfèi) — to squander
  • Dutch: doorjagen — to squander
  • Finnish: tuhlata — to squander
  • Finnish: törsätä — to squander
  • French: claquer — to squander
  • French: flamber — to squander
  • Korean: 날리다 (nallida) — to squander
  • Polish: przepuszczać — to squander
  • Polish: przepuścić — to squander
  • Portuguese: jogar fora — to squander
  • Russian: продува́ть (produvátʹ) — to squander
  • Russian: проду́ть (prodútʹ) — to squander
  • Slovak: vyhodiť — to squander
  • Slovak: vyhadzovať — to squander
  • Spanish: cagar — to squander
  • Vietnamese: xài phí — to squander
  • Vietnamese: phung phí — to squander
  • Armenian: ծծել (ccel) — to fellate
  • Bulgarian: духам (duham) — to fellate
  • Catalan: llepar — to fellate
  • Dutch: pijpen — to fellate
  • Finnish: ottaa suihin — to fellate
  • French: sucer — to fellate
  • French: tailler une pipe — to fellate
  • French: pomper le dard — to fellate
  • French: bourrer la pipe — to fellate
  • German: blasen — to fellate
  • Greek: τσιμπουκώνω (tsimpoukóno) — to fellate
  • Greek: πιπώνω (pipóno) — to fellate
  • Greek: παίρνω πίπα (paírno pípa) — to fellate
  • Korean: 아양떨다 (ayangtteolda) — to fellate
  • Latin: vexātor — to fellate
  • Macedonian: пуши (puši) — to fellate
  • Macedonian: дудла (dudla) — to fellate
  • Persian: ساک زدن (sâk zadan) — to fellate
  • Polish: robić loda — to fellate
  • Polish: lizać pałę — to fellate
  • Polish: obciągać loda — to fellate
  • Polish: obciągać fiuta — to fellate
  • Polish: obciągać chuja — to fellate
  • Portuguese: chupar — to fellate
  • Romanian: (o) suge — to fellate
  • Romanian: face muie — to fellate
  • Romanian: da muie — to fellate
  • Russian: соса́ть (sosátʹ) — to fellate
  • Russian: отсоса́ть (otsosátʹ) — to fellate
  • Serbo-Croatian: пу̏шити — to fellate
  • Serbo-Croatian: pȕšiti — to fellate
  • Slovak: fajčiť — to fellate
  • Slovak: vyfajčiť — to fellate
  • Spanish: chupar — to fellate
  • Spanish: mamar — to fellate
  • Swedish: suga av — to fellate
  • Vietnamese: bú cu — to fellate
  • Chinese Mandarin: 離開 /离开 (líkāi) — to leave
  • Finnish: häipyä — to leave
  • French: se casser — to leave
  • French: se tirer — to leave
  • French: mettre les voiles — to leave
  • Korean: 그만두다 (geumanduda) — to leave
  • Polish: zwiewać — to leave
  • Polish: zwiać — to leave
  • Portuguese: vazar — to leave
  • Portuguese: sair — to leave
  • Spanish: ir — to leave
  • Spanish: largar — to leave
  • Vietnamese: bỏ đi — to leave
  • Vietnamese: chuồn — to leave
  • Māori: kurekure — to make flyblown