Past tense of blow
irregular verb
The past tense of blow is blew. The past participle is blown.
Forms of blow
| Base form (V1) | blow /bləʊ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | blew /bluː/ |
| Past participle (V3) | blown /bləʊn/ |
| Present participle | blowing /ˈbləʊ.ɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | blows /bləʊz/ |
Blew and blown in a sentence
- In Koksan County, strong winds blew the roofs off homes, while torrential rains poked holes in or collapsed the walls of houses.2022 July 6, Kim Chae Hwan, “North Hwanghae Province hit hard by torrential rains”, in Daily NK, archived from the original on 07 Jul 2022
- Joe puffed on his pipe and blew a couple of smoke rings.
- I burst the balloon when I blew it up too much.From the entry burst
- The wind blew through her hair as she stood on the deck of the ship.From the entry wind
- When he pushed the detonator, the bang blew him off his feet.From the entry bang
Meaning of blow
- verb To produce an air current.
- verb To propel by an air current (or, if under water, a water current), usually with the mouth.
- verb To be propelled by an air current.
Verbs like blow
Questions about the past tense of blow
- What is the past tense of blow?
- The past tense of blow is blew.
- What is the past participle of blow?
- The past participle of blow is blown.
- Is blow a regular or irregular verb?
- Blow is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: blow (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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