blow
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(verb) exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down" |
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Related Words: breathe out, chuff, exhale, expire, gasp, heave, huff, pant, puff |
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(verb) free of obstruction by blowing air through: "blow one's nose" |
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Related Words: discharge, eject, expel, release |
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(verb) burst suddenly; "The tire blew"; "We blew a tire" |
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Related Words: break open, burst, split |
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(verb) shape by blowing; "Blow a glass vase" |
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Related Words: form, shape |
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(verb) allow to regain its breath; "blow a horse" |
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Related Words: rest |
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(noun) forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth; "he gave his nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a single puff" |
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Synonyms: puff |
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Related Words: breathing out, exhalation, expiration, insufflation |
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(verb) cause to be revealed and jeopardized; "The story blew their cover"; "The double agent was blown by the other side" |
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Related Words: break, bring out, declare, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, impart, let on, let out, reveal |
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(noun) a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon; "a blow on the head" |
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Related Words: KO, belt, biff, boot, box, clip, counterblow, hammer, hammering, kick, kicking, knife thrust, knock, knockdown, knockout, lash, lick, poke, pound, pounding, punch, rap, shot, slap, smack, smacking, stab, stinger, stroke, swat, swing, thrust, thump, thwack, uppercut, wallop, whack, whang, whip, whiplash |
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(verb) lay eggs; of certain insects |
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Related Words: lay, put down, repose |
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(verb) spout moist air from the blowhole, as of some marine mammals; "The whales blew" |
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Related Words: gush, spirt, spout, spurt |
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(verb) cause to move by means of an air current; "The wind blew the leaves around in the yard" |
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Related Words: displace, move |
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(verb) cause air to go in, on, or through: "Blow my hair dry" |
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Related Words: direct, send |
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(verb) play or sound a wind instrument; "She blew the horn" |
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Related Words: sound |
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(verb) make a sound as if blown; "The whistle blew" |
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Related Words: go, sound |
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(verb) sound by having air expelled through a tube; "The trumpets blew" |
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Related Words: go, sound |
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(verb) be blowing or storming; "The wind blew from the West" |
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Related Words: bluster, set in, squall, storm, waft |
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(verb) provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation |
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Synonyms: fellate, go down on |
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Related Words: excite, stimulate, stir |
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(verb) spend lavishly or wastefully on; "He blew a lot of money on his new home theater" |
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Synonyms: squander |
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Related Words: drop, expend, fling, lavish, overspend, shower, spend, splurge |
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(verb) spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends" |
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Synonyms: squander, waste |
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Related Words: burn, expend, use |
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(noun) an unpleasant or disappointing surprise; "it came as a shock to learn that he was injured"; "it was blow to their hopes of reconciliation" |
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Synonyms: shock |
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Related Words: surprise |
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(noun) an impact (as from a collision); "the bump threw him off the bicycle" |
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Synonyms: bump |
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Related Words: bang, bash, belt, buffeting, concussion, impact, jar, jolt, jounce, knock, pounding, rap, shock, slap, smack, smash, strike, tap |
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(verb) melt, break, or become otherwise unusable; "The lightbulbs blew out"; "The fuse blew" |
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Synonyms: blow out, burn out |
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Related Words: break, break down, conk out, die, fail, give out, give way, go |
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(verb) leave; informal or rude: "shove off!"; "The children shoved along"; "Blow now!" |
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Synonyms: shove along, shove off |
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Related Words: depart, go, go away |
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(noun) a strong current of air; "the tree was bent almost double by the gust" |
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Synonyms: blast, gust |
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Related Words: bluster, puff, puff of air, sandblast, whiff, wind |
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(verb) be in motion due to some air current; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake" |
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Synonyms: be adrift, drift, float |
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Related Words: go, locomote, move, stream, tide, travel |
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(noun) an unfortunate happening that hinders of impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating |
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Synonyms: reversal, reverse, setback |
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Related Words: happening, natural event, occurrence |
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(verb) make a mess of, destroy or ruin |
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Synonyms: ball up, blunder, bobble, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil |
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Related Words: fail, go wrong, miscarry |
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(verb) show off |
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Synonyms: bluster, boast, brag, gas, gasconade, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt |
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Related Words: amplify, crow, exaggerate, gloat, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate, puff, triumph |
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