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blown down

blown down is the past participle 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 blown down

What is blown down the past participle of?
Blown down is the past participle of blow down.

Words near blown down in the dictionary

  1. blown ass
  2. blown away
  3. blown chunks
  4. blown diffuser
  5. blown diffusers
  6. blown down
  7. blown from a gun
  8. blown glass
  9. blown hot and cold
  10. blown in
  11. blown into

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