adj · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/ˈbləʊi/
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US:/ˈbloʊi/
rhymes with -əʊi
CMU ARPABET:B L OW1 IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Windy or breezy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
1789, John O’Keeffe, Modern Antiques; or, The Merry Mourners, Act II, Scene 3, in The Dramatic Works of John O’Keeffe, London, 1798, Volume I, p. 351, All my doors open! this blowy night! reminds me of the Lisbon earthquake; but my storm-cap has protected me.
2014, Guy Nowell, “RMSIR 2014 — Penang to Langkawi. An espresso race,” sail-world.com, 21 November, 2014, Equally almost traditional is that this is the blowiest leg of the regatta.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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adj
Meaning 2
Billowy, blowing or waving in the wind. (of fabric, hair, etc.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
Susceptible to drifting. (of soil)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
1929, U.S. Department of Agriculture Radio Service, Office of Information, Farm Science Snapshots, 19 October, 1929, And fall plowing except on blowy soils also will be good for the spring sown crops.
1938, Angus Henry McDonald, Erosion and its Control in Oklahoma Territory, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Miscellaneous Publication No. 301, p. 17, Some farmers, however, quit raising cowpeas on blowy land, because they claimed it aggravated drifting.
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4
noun
Meaning 4
Alternative spelling of blowie.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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adjective satellite
Meaning 5
abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
blowy weather
a windy bluff
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: breezy, windy
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
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 Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English blowy From blow + -y (adjectival suffix).
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 Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English blowy From blow + -y (diminutive suffix).
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2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
