blowing
UK/ˈbləʊ.ɪŋ/
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Northumbria/ˈblaː.ɪn/
blowing is the present participle and gerund of blow.
Meaning of blow
Verb
blow (third-person singular simple present blows, present participle blowing, simple past blew, past participle blown)
- 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...
- 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.
- To be propelled by an air current.
- The leaves blow through the streets in the fall.
- 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
- To create or shape by blowing.
- to blow bubbles
- To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.
- to blow the fire
Noun
blowing (plural blowings)
- The act of one who blows, or that which blows.
- the blowings of a trumpet
- the puffings and blowings of an unfit runner
Forms of blowing
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Origin of blowing
From Middle English blowynge, blowende, from Old English blāwende, from Proto-Germanic *blēandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *blēaną (“to blow”), equivalent to blow + -ing.
From Middle English blowynge, blowyng, from Old English blāwung (“blowing”), equivalent to blow + -ing.
Words formed from blowing
Phrases with blowing
- blowing in
- blowing it
- blowing up
- blowing ass
- blowing off
- blowing out
- cow blowing
- blowing away
- blowing down
- blowing into
- blowing mill
- blowing over
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- blowing past
- blowing town
- blowing upon
- blowing agent
- blowing apart
- blowing house
- blowing mills
- blowing smoke
- blowing water
- glass blowing
- blowing a fuse
- blowing a kiss
- blowing a load
- blowing agents
- blowing chunks
- blowing houses
- blowing a cloud
- blowing through
- blowing wise to
- blowing the gaff
- going or blowing
- blowing off steam
- blowing one's lid
- blowing one's top
- blowing one's wad
- blowing one's wig
- blowing the coals
- blowing tomahawks
- blowing from a gun
- blowing off course
- blowing one's cool
- blowing one's load
- blowing one's nose
- blowing one's stack
- blowing the grampus
- blowing the lid off
- blowing the whistle
- blowing up the tote
- sucking and blowing
- blowing hot and cold
- blowing one's chance
- blowing the roof off
- blowing the doors off
- blowing with the wind
- blowing a hole through
- blowing out one's bags
- blowing someone's mind
- blowing this pop stand
- blowing off one's steam
- blowing someone's cover
- blowing this taco stand
- blowing to kingdom come
- how the wind is blowing
- blowing it out one's ass
- blowing out of the water
- blowing the cobwebs away
- blowing up in one's face
- blowing one's own trumpet
- blowing out of proportion
- blowing someone's trumpet
- blowing out of proportions
- blowing someone's back out
- blowing someone's skirt up
- drying up and blowing away
- blowing someone's socks off
- blowing this popsicle stand
- blowing someone's brains out
- what way the wind is blowing
- which way the wind is blowing
- blowing wind up someone's skirt
- blowing sunshine up someone's ass
- blowing sunshine up someone's skirt
Words that rhyme with blowing
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Questions about blowing
- What does blowing mean?
- Blowing means the act of one who blows, or that which blows.
- What is blowing the present participle and gerund of?
- Blowing is the present participle and gerund of blow.
- What part of speech is blowing?
- Blowing is a noun.
- How do you pronounce blowing?
- Blowing is pronounced /ˈbləʊ.ɪŋ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of blowing?
- The plural of blowing is blowings.
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