ablow
US/əˈbloʊ/
ablow adjective: blossoming, blooming, in blossom.
Adjective
ablow (not comparable)
- Blossoming, blooming, in blossom.
- [...] The flower breaks from its sheath and is ablow / And gives its richest perfumes. [...]1867, Augusta Webster, “Lota”, in A Woman Sold and Other Poems, London; Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 238
- You know, the year's not always May —
Oh, once the lilacs were ablow !1891, Lizette Woodworth Reese, “Hallowmas” (poem), in A Handful of Lavender, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, page 13
- Blowing or being blown; windy.
Origin of ablow
From a- + blow.
Questions about ablow
- What does ablow mean?
- Ablow means blossoming, blooming, in blossom.
- What part of speech is ablow?
- Ablow is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce ablow?
- Ablow is pronounced /əˈbloʊ/ (US).
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