blew

verb

To produce an air current.

verb

To propel by an air current.

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

verb

To be propelled by an air current.

"The leaves blow through the streets in the fall."

verb

To create or shape by blowing; as in to blow bubbles, to blow glass.

verb

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

"to blow the fire"

verb

To clear of contents by forcing air through.

"to blow an egg"

verb

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

verb

To make a sound as the result of being blown.

"In the harbor, the ships' horns blew."

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!")"

verb

To explode.

"Get away from that burning gas tank! It's about to blow!"

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."

verb

To cause sudden destruction of.

"He blew the tires and the engine."

verb

To suddenly fail destructively.

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

verb

(used to express displeasure or frustration) Damn.

verb

To be very undesirable. (See also suck.)

"This blows!"

verb

To recklessly squander.

"I blew $35 thou on a car."

verb

To fellate; to perform oral sex on (usually a man)

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

verb

To leave, especially suddenly or in a hurry.

"Let's blow this joint."

verb

To make flyblown, to defile, especially with fly eggs.

verb

To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.

verb

To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.

verb

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

verb

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

"to blow a horse"

verb

To talk loudly; to boast; to storm.

verb

To sing.

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

verb

To leave the Church of Scientology in an unauthorized manner.

verb

To blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom.

noun

The 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.

noun

A blue dye or pigment.

noun

Any of several processes to protect metal against rust.

noun

Blue clothing

"The boys in blue marched to the pipers."

noun

(in the plural) A blue uniform. See blues.

noun

A member of law enforcement

noun

The sky, literally or figuratively.

"His request for leave came out of the blue."

noun

The ocean; deep waters.

noun

The far distance; a remote or distant place.

noun

Anything blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in color.

noun

A dog or cat with a slaty gray coat.

noun

One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of five points.

noun

Any of the butterflies of the subfamily Polyommatinae in the family Lycaenidae, most of which have blue on their wings.

noun

A bluefish.

noun

An argument.

noun

A liquid with an intense blue colour, added to a laundry wash to prevent yellowing of white clothes.

noun

A type of firecracker.

noun

A bluestocking.

noun

One of the three color charges for quarks.

adjective

Of the colour blue.

"the deep blue sea"

adjective

Depressed, melancholic, sad.

adjective

Pale, without redness or glare; said of a flame.

"The candle burns blue."

adjective

Supportive of, run by (a member of), pertaining to, or dominated by a political party represented by the colour blue.

adjective

Of the higher-frequency region of the part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation.

adjective

(of steak) Extra rare; left very raw and cold.

adjective

(of a dog or cat) Having a coat of fur of a slaty gray shade.

adjective

Severe or overly strict in morals; gloomy.

"blue and sour religionists;  blue laws"

adjective

(of women) literary; bluestockinged.

adjective

Having a color charge of blue.

adjective

(entertainment) Risque or obscene

"His material is too blue for prime-time"