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blowing down

blowing down is the present participle and gerund of blow down.

Meaning of blow down

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To knock over with an air current, most often wind.
    • I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down.
  2. (transitive) To clean off from top to bottom with an air current from a compressed air hose.
    • Blow down this enclosure and do some chip handling before you run this machine any further.
  3. Synonym of dirty down.
    Synonyms:
    dirty down
  4. (US, dated, slang, transitive) To kill (someone) with a gun.
  5. (US, dated, slang, transitive) To signal to someone by blowing into a whistle.

Questions about blowing down

What is blowing down the present participle and gerund of?
Blowing down is the present participle and gerund of blow down.

Words near blowing down in the dictionary

  1. blowing apart
  2. blowing ass
  3. blowing away
  4. blowing cave
  5. blowing chunks
  6. blowing down
  7. blowing from a gun
  8. blowing hot and cold
  9. blowing house
  10. blowing houses
  11. blowing in

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