·noun The spouting of a whale.
II. Blow ·vt To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.
III. Blow ·vi To sound on being blown into, as a trumpet.
IV. Blow ·vt To deposit eggs or larvae upon, or in (meat, ·etc. ).
V. Blow ·noun A single heat or operation of the Bessemer converter.
VI. Blow ·vi To spout water, ·etc., from the blowholes, as a whale.
VII. Blow ·vt To cause to blossom; to put forth (blossoms or flowers).
VIII. Blow ·noun A sudden or forcible act or effort; an Assault.
IX. Blow ·noun A blossom; a flower; also, a state of blossoming; a mass of blossoms.
X. Blow ·vt To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue; as, to blow a horse.
XI. Blow ·vi To be carried or moved by the wind; as, the dust blows in from the street.
XII. Blow ·vi To talk loudly; to Boast; to Storm.
XIII. Blow ·noun An egg, or a larva, deposited by a fly on or in flesh, or the act of depositing it.
XIV. Blow ·vt To clear of contents by forcing air through; as, to blow an egg; to blow one's nose.
XV. Blow ·vt To form by inflation; to swell by injecting air; as, to blow bubbles; to blow glass.
XVI. Blow ·vi To send forth a forcible current of air, as from the mouth or from a pair of bellows.
XVII. Blow ·vi To breathe hard or quick; to Pant; to Puff.
XVIII. Blow ·vt To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means; as, to blow the fire.
XIX. Blow ·vt To spread by report; to Publish; to Disclose.
XX. Blow ·noun A forcible stroke with the hand, fist, or some instrument, as a rod, a club, an ax, or a sword.
XXI. Blow ·vt To drive by a current air; to Impel; as, the tempest blew the ship ashore.
XXII. Blow ·vi To Flower; to Blossom; to Bloom.
XXIII. Blow ·vi To produce a current of air; to move, as air, ·esp. to move rapidly or with power; as, the wind blows.
XXIV. Blow ·noun A blowing, ·esp., a violent blowing of the wind; a gale; as, a heavy blow came on, and the ship put back to port.
XXV. Blow ·vt To burst, shatter, or destroy by an explosion;
— usually with up, down, open, or similar adverb; as, to blow up a building.
XXVI. Blow ·noun The infliction of evil; a sudden calamity; something which produces mental, physical, or financial suffering or loss (·esp. when sudden); a buffet.
XXVII. Blow ·noun The act of forcing air from the mouth, or through or from some instrument; as, to give a hard blow on a whistle or horn; to give the fire a blow with the bellows.
XXVIII. Blow ·vt To cause air to pass through by the action of the mouth, or otherwise; to cause to sound, as a wind instrument; as, to blow a trumpet; to blow an Organ.