Definition of blow

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Blow (v. t.) To cause air to pass through by the action of the mouth, or otherwise; to cause to sound, as a wind instrument; as, to blow a trumpet; to blow an organ..

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Hard :: Hard (adv.) With tension or strain of the powers; violently; with force; tempestuously; vehemently; vigorously; energetically; as, to press, to blow, to rain hard; hence, rapidly; as, to run hard..
Blow :: Blow (n.) A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.
Blowhole :: Blowhole (n.) A hole in the ice to which whales, seals, etc., come to breathe..
Fit :: Fit (n.) A stroke or blow.
Martel :: Martel (v. i.) To make a blow with, or as with, a hammer..
Sockdolager :: Sockdolager (n.) That which finishes or ends a matter; a settler; a poser, as a heavy blow, a conclusive answer, and the like..
Blowtube :: Blowtube (n.) A similar instrument, commonly of tin, used by boys for discharging paper wads and other light missiles..
Montant :: Montant (n.) An upward thrust or blow.
Pound :: Pound (v. i.) To strike heavy blows; to beat.
Hammer :: Hammer (v. i.) To strike repeated blows, literally or figuratively..
Fend :: Fend (v. t.) To keep off; to prevent from entering or hitting; to ward off; to shut out; -- often with off; as, to fend off blows..
Amphoric :: Amphoric (a.) Produced by, or indicating, a cavity in the lungs, not filled, and giving a sound like that produced by blowing into an empty decanter; as, amphoric respiration or resonance..
Intumesce :: Intumesce (v. i.) To enlarge or expand with heat; to swell; specifically, to swell up or bubble up under the action of heat, as before the blowpipe..
Blast :: Blast (n.) The sound made by blowing a wind instrument; strictly, the sound produces at one breath..
Souffle :: Souffle (n.) A murmuring or blowing sound; as, the uterine souffle heard over the pregnant uterus..
Blow :: Blow (n.) 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..
Throw :: Throw (n.) A stroke; a blow.
Blowhole :: Blowhole (n.) A nostril or spiracle in the top of the head of a whale or other cetacean.
Full-blown :: Full-blown (a.) Fully expanded, as a blossom; as, a full-bloun rose..
Cob :: Cob (n.) A punishment consisting of blows inflicted on the buttocks with a strap or a flat piece of wood.
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