Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Swollen or inflated; distended.
- adjective Out of breath; panting.
- adjective Flyblown.
- adjective Formed by blowing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Fully expanded or opened, as a flower: as, “the blown rose,”
- Swelled; inflated.
- Spongy or porous from the presence of bubbles of air or gas: said of metal castings.
- Stale from exposure, as to air or flies; hence, tainted; unsavory: as, blown drink (obsolete); blown meat; a blown reputation. See
flyblown . - Out of breath; tired; exhausted: as, “their horses much blown,”
- In farriery, having the stomach distended by gorging green food: said of cattle.
- Emptied by blowing, as an egg.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- past participle Opened; in blossom or having blossomed, as a flower.
- past participle Swollen; inflated; distended; puffed up, as cattle when gorged with green food which develops gas.
- past participle Stale; worthless.
- past participle Out of breath; tired; exhausted.
- past participle Covered with the eggs and larvæ of flies; fly blown.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
distended ,swollen orinflated - adjective
panting andout of breath - adjective
Formed byblowing - adjective Under the influence of
drugs , especiallymarijuana . - verb Past participle of
blow
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective being moved or acted upon by moving air or vapor
- adjective breathing laboriously or convulsively
Etymologies
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Examples
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Well, even though the Mets had once again blown a late-season first place lead over the Phillies, they were all but assured a wild card slot.
Billy Altman: Mets Say A Change Is Gonna Come. We'll See. Billy Altman 2010
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Well, even though the Mets had once again blown a late-season first place lead over the Phillies, they were all but assured a wild card slot.
Billy Altman: Mets Say a Change Is Gonna Come -- We'll See Billy Altman 2010
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Let each of us become, therefore, with the power of the internet, our own adminsitrators for then the Gravy Train will find itself blown from the rails, there and then.
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This usually results in blown patterns and less clean kills.
What is a good shotgun, that will work for all types of bird hunting? (waterfowl, pheasant, etc.) 2009
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Well, even though the Mets had once again blown a late-season first place lead over the Phillies, they were all but assured a wild card slot.
Billy Altman: Mets Say a Change Is Gonna Come -- We'll See Billy Altman 2010
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Let each of us become, therefore, with the power of the internet, our own adminsitrators for then the Gravy Train will find itself blown from the rails, there and then.
Archive 2009-08-30 2009
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Well, even though the Mets had once again blown a late-season first place lead over the Phillies, they were all but assured a wild card slot.
Billy Altman: Mets Say A Change Is Gonna Come. We'll See. Billy Altman 2010
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This usually results in blown patterns and less clean kills.
What is a good shotgun, that will work for all types of bird hunting? (waterfowl, pheasant, etc.) 2009
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No, it sprang full blown from the brains of Chancellor Gordon Brown and his sidekick, Ed Balls. "and another:" Which brings us to what perhaps is the more important point: Brown's insistence that Britain is the best situated of all countries to face the economic headwinds, and to recover once they have abated.
Archive 2008-12-01 Not a sheep 2008
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No, it sprang full blown from the brains of Chancellor Gordon Brown and his sidekick, Ed Balls. "and another:" Which brings us to what perhaps is the more important point: Brown's insistence that Britain is the best situated of all countries to face the economic headwinds, and to recover once they have abated.
Who's to blame? Not a sheep 2008
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