Blow (blō), v. i. [imp. Blew (blū); p. p. Blown (blōn); p. pr. & vb. n. Blowing.] [OE. blowen, AS. blōwan to blossom; akin to OS. blōjan, D. bloeijen, OHG. pluojan, MHG. blüejen, G. blühen, L. florere to flourish, OIr. blath blossom. Cf. Blow to puff, Flourish.] To flower; to blossom; to bloom.
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How blows the citron grove. Milton.
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Blow, n. (Bot.) A blossom; a flower; also, a state of blossoming; a mass of blossoms. “Such a blow of tulips.” Tatler.
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Blow, v. i. [imp. Blew (blū); p. p. Blown (blōn); p. pr. & vb. n. Blowing.] [OE. blawen, blowen, AS. blāwan to blow, as wind; akin to OHG. plājan, G. blähen, to blow up, swell, L. flare to blow, Gr. 'ekflainein to spout out, and to E. bladder, blast, inflate, etc., and perh. blow to bloom.] 1. To produce a current of air; to move, as air, esp. to move rapidly or with power; as, the wind blows.
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Hark how it rains and blows ! Walton.
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2. To send forth a forcible current of air, as from the mouth or from a pair of bellows.
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3. To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
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Here is Mistress Page at the door, sweating and blowing. Shak.
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4. To sound on being blown into, as a trumpet.
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There let the pealing organ blow. Milton.
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5. To spout water, etc., from the blowholes, as a whale.
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6. To be carried or moved by the wind; as, the dust blows in from the street.
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The grass blows from their graves to thy own. M. Arnold.
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7. To talk loudly; to boast; to storm. [Colloq.]
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You blow behind my back, but dare not say anything to my face. Bartlett.
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8. To stop functioning due to a failure in an electrical circuit, especially on which breaks the circuit; sometimes used with out; -- used of light bulbs, electronic components, fuses; as, the dome light in the car blew out.
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9. To deflate by sudden loss of air; usually used with out; -- of inflatable tires.
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To blow hot and cold (a saying derived from a fable of Æsop's), to favor a thing at one time and treat it coldly at another; or to appear both to favor and to oppose. -- To blow off, to let steam escape through a passage provided for the purpose; as, the engine or steamer is blowing off. -- To blow out. (a) To be driven out by the expansive force of a gas or vapor; as, a steam cock or valve sometimes blows out. (b) To talk violently or abusively. [Low] -- To blow over, to pass away without effect; to cease, or be dissipated; as, the storm and the clouds have blown over. -- To blow up, to be torn to pieces and thrown into the air as by an explosion of powder or gas or the expansive force of steam; to burst; to explode; as, a powder mill or steam boiler blows up. “The enemy's magazines blew up.” Tatler.
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Blow (&unr_;), n. 1. A blowing, esp., a violent blowing of the wind; a gale; as, a heavy blow came on, and the ship put back to port.
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2. The act of forcing air from the mouth, or through or from some instrument; as, to give a hard blow on a whistle or horn; to give the fire a blow with the bellows.
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3. The spouting of a whale.
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4. (Metal.) A single heat or operation of the Bessemer converter. Raymond.
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5. An egg, or a larva, deposited by a fly on or in flesh, or the act of depositing it. Chapman.
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