(blō) v. blew, blown, blow·ing v.t.
1. To move by a current of air.
2. To overthrow or extinguish by a current of air.
3. To emit, as air or smoke, from the mouth.
4. To force air upon, as from the mouth: often with up: to blow up a fire.
5. To empty or clear by forcing air through, as pipes.
6. To cause to sound, as a bugle or horn.
7. To sound (a signal): The bugle blew taps.
8. To form or shape, as by inflating: to blow glass.
9. To put out of breath, as a horse.
10. To shatter or destroy by or as by explosion: usually with up, down, out, through, etc.: to blow out a tire; to blow down a pole; to blow a hole through a wall; to blow up a house.
11. To melt (a fuse).
12. To lay eggs in, as flies in meat.
13. Slang To spend (money) lavishly; also, to treat or entertain: I'll blow you to a meal.
14. Slang To leave; go out of.
15. Slang To damn: a euphemism: Well, I'll be blowed.
—v.i.
16. To be in motion: said of wind or air.
17. To move in a current of air; be carried by the wind.
18. To emit a current or jet of air, water, steam, etc.
19. To sound by being blown: The bugle blew at dawn.
20. To fail or become useless, as by melting: The fuse blew.
21. To explode: usually with up, down, to, etc.: The engine blew up.
22. To pant; gasp for breath.
23. Colloq. To talk boastfully.
24. Slang To leave; go.
—to blow a fuse Colloq. To lose self–control; become enraged.
—to blow hot and cold Colloq. To vacillate; be uncertain.
—to blow off
1. To let off steam, as from a boiler.
2. Slang To speak in anger, as to relieve pent'up emotion.
—to blow out To subside; become less intense: The storm will blow itself out.
—to blow over To pass, as a storm; subside.
—to blow up
1. To inflate.
2. To enlarge, as a photographic print.
3. Colloq. To lose self-control; become enraged.
4. To arise; become increasingly intense, as a storm.
—noun
1. The act of blowing; a blast; gale.
2. The oviposition of a fly; a flyblow.
3. Metall. A single blast of the Bessemer converter, or the quantity of metal acted on at one time.
4. Mining The violent inrush of gas from or into a coal seam; also, the collapse of a mine roof.
5. Slang Boastfulness: oratorical blow.
6. Time to get the breath; the act of getting the breath when winded. [OE blāwan. Akin to BLAST.]

(blō) noun
1. A sudden or violent stroke; thump; thwack.
2. A sudden misfortune.
3. A hostile or combative act: usually in the plural: coming to blows.
—at a (or one) blow By a single stroke or action; all at one time.
—to come to blows To start fighting one another. [ME blaw] Synonyms: box, buffet, calamity, concussion, cuff, cut, disaster, hit, knock, lash, misfortune, rap, shock, stripe, stroke, thump. A blow is a sudden impact, as of a fist or a club; a stroke is a sweeping movement: the stroke of a sword, of an oar, of the arm in swimming. A slap is given with the open hand, a lash with a whip, thong, or the like; we speak also of the cut of a whip. A cuff is a somewhat sidelong blow, generally with the open hand: a cuff or box on the ear. In the metaphorical sense, blow is used for sudden, stunning, staggering calamity or sorrow; stroke for sweeping disaster, and also for sweeping achievement and success. We say a stroke of paralysis, or a stroke of genius. We speak of the buffets of adverse fortune. Shock is used of that which is at once sudden, violent, and prostrating; we speak of a shock of electricity, the shock of an amputation, a shock of surprise. Compare BEAT, MISFORTUNE.

(blō) v. blew, blown, blow·ing v.t.
1. To cause to bloom, as a plant.
2. To produce, as flowers.
—v.i.
3. To bloom; blossom.
—noun
1. The state of flowering.
2. A mass of blossoms; blossoms in general. [OE blowan blossom]