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Blew

verb
/bluː/
Word Frequency: 6.1

Definitions

1.verbTo produce an air current.
2.verbTo propel by an air current.
"Blow the dust off that book and open it up."
3.verbTo be propelled by an air current.
"The leaves blow through the streets in the fall."
4.verbTo create or shape by blowing; as in to blow bubbles, to blow glass.
5.verbTo force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.
"to blow the fire"
6.verbTo clear of contents by forcing air through.
"to blow an egg"
7.verbTo cause to make sound by blowing, as a musical instrument.
8.verbTo make a sound as the result of being blown.
"In the harbor, the ships' horns blew."
9.verb(of a cetacean) To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while feeding.
"There she blows! (i.e. "I see a whale spouting!")"
10.verbTo explode.
"Get away from that burning gas tank! It's about to blow!"
11.verb(with "up" or with prep phrase headed by "to") To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed.
"The aerosol can was blown to bits."
12.verbTo cause sudden destruction of.
"He blew the tires and the engine."
13.verbTo suddenly fail destructively.
"He tried to sprint, but his ligaments blew and he was barely able to walk to the finish line."
14.verb(used to express displeasure or frustration) Damn.
15.verbTo be very undesirable. (See also suck.)
"This blows!"
16.verbTo recklessly squander.
"I blew $35 thou on a car."
17.verbTo fellate; to perform oral sex on (usually a man)
"Who did you have to blow to get those backstage passes?"
18.verbTo leave, especially suddenly or in a hurry.
"Let's blow this joint."
19.verbTo make flyblown, to defile, especially with fly eggs.
20.verbTo spread by report; to publish; to disclose.
21.verbTo inflate, as with pride; to puff up.
22.verbTo breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
23.verbTo put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.
"to blow a horse"
24.verbTo talk loudly; to boast; to storm.
25.verbTo sing.
"That girl has a wonderful voice; just listen to her blow!"
26.verbTo leave the Church of Scientology in an unauthorized manner.
27.verbTo blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom.
28.nounThe colour of the clear sky or the deep sea, between green and violet in the visible spectrum, and one of the primary additive colours for transmitted light; the colour obtained by subtracting red and green from white light using magenta and cyan filters; or any colour resembling this.
29.nounA blue dye or pigment.
30.nounAny of several processes to protect metal against rust.
31.nounBlue clothing
"The boys in blue marched to the pipers."
32.noun(in the plural) A blue uniform. See blues.
33.nounA member of law enforcement
34.nounThe sky, literally or figuratively.
"His request for leave came out of the blue."
35.nounThe ocean; deep waters.
36.nounThe far distance; a remote or distant place.
37.nounAnything blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in color.
38.nounA dog or cat with a slaty gray coat.
39.nounOne of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of five points.
40.nounAny of the butterflies of the subfamily Polyommatinae in the family Lycaenidae, most of which have blue on their wings.
41.nounA bluefish.
42.nounAn argument.
43.nounA liquid with an intense blue colour, added to a laundry wash to prevent yellowing of white clothes.
44.nounA type of firecracker.
45.nounA bluestocking.
46.nounOne of the three color charges for quarks.
47.adjectiveOf the colour blue.
"the deep blue sea"
48.adjectiveDepressed, melancholic, sad.
49.adjectivePale, without redness or glare; said of a flame.
"The candle burns blue."
50.adjectiveSupportive of, run by (a member of), pertaining to, or dominated by a political party represented by the colour blue.
51.adjectiveOf the higher-frequency region of the part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation.
52.adjective(of steak) Extra rare; left very raw and cold.
53.adjective(of a dog or cat) Having a coat of fur of a slaty gray shade.
54.adjectiveSevere or overly strict in morals; gloomy.
"blue and sour religionists;  blue laws"
55.adjective(of women) literary; bluestockinged.
56.adjectiveHaving a color charge of blue.
57.adjective(entertainment) Risque or obscene
"His material is too blue for prime-time"
58.adjective(entertainment) Pornographic or profane.
"The air was blue with oaths."

Synonyms

X-ratedadultwentranbrokegotfiredtoredroppedshotwhackeddestroyed

Antonyms

nonblueunblueantiblue

Rhymes With

blueslewsubduepursuetrueviewconstruehitherto
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