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blowed

blowed is the simple past and past participle of blow.

Meaning of blow

Verb

blow (third-person singular simple present blows, present participle blowing, simple past blew, past participle blown)

  1. (intransitive) To produce an air current.
    • Lear. Blow windes, & crack your cheeks; Rage, blow / You Cataracts, and Hyrricano's ſpout,c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
  2. (transitive) To propel by an air current (or, if under water, a water current), usually with the mouth.
    • Blow the dust off that book and open it up.
  3. (intransitive) To be propelled by an air current.
    • The leaves blow through the streets in the fall.
  4. (figuratively, transitive) To direct or move, usually of a person to a particular location.
    • "This is an unexpected pleasure!" exclaimed he. "What good fortune blows Lady Marchmont hither?"1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “A Friend at Court”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 260
  5. (transitive) To create or shape by blowing.
    • to blow bubbles
  6. (transitive) To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.
    • to blow the fire

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Words formed from blowed

Phrases with blowed

Questions about blowed

What is blowed the simple past and past participle of?
Blowed is the simple past and past participle of blow.

Words near blowed in the dictionary

  1. blowdryer
  2. blowdryers
  3. blowdrying
  4. blowdrys
  5. blowe
  6. blowed
  7. blowed water
  8. blowen
  9. blowens
  10. blower
  11. blower door

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