Definition of blew

"blew" in the verb sense

1. blow

exhale hard

"blow on the soup to cool it down"

2. blow

be blowing or storming

"The wind blew from the West"

3. blow

free of obstruction by blowing air through

"blow one's nose"

4. float, drift, be adrift, blow

be in motion due to some air or water current

"The leaves were blowing in the wind"

"the boat drifted on the lake"

"The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"

"the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"

5. blow

make a sound as if blown

"The whistle blew"

6. blow

shape by blowing

"Blow a glass vase"

7. suck, blow

be inadequate or objectionable

"this sucks!"

"this blows!"

8. botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up

make a mess of, destroy or ruin

"I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"

"the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"

9. waste, blow, squander

spend thoughtlessly throw away

"He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"

"You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"

10. blow

spend lavishly or wastefully on

"He blew a lot of money on his new home theater"

11. blow

sound by having air expelled through a tube

"The trumpets blew"

12. blow

play or sound a wind instrument

"She blew the horn"

13. fellate, suck, blow, go down on

provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation

14. blow

cause air to go in, on, or through

"Blow my hair dry"

15. blow

cause to move by means of an air current

"The wind blew the leaves around in the yard"

16. blow

spout moist air from the blowhole

"The whales blew"

17. shove off, shove along, blow

leave informal or rude

"shove off!"

"The children shoved along"

"Blow now!"

"let's blow this place"

18. blow

lay eggs

"certain insects are said to blow"

19. blow

cause to be revealed and jeopardized

"The story blew their cover"

"The double agent was blown by the other side"

20. boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade

show off

21. blow

allow to regain its breath

"blow a horse"

22. blow out, burn out, blow

melt, break, or become otherwise unusable

"The lightbulbs blew out"

"The fuse blew"

23. blow

burst suddenly

"The tire blew"

"We blew a tire"

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

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Quotations for blew

What wind blew you hither. Pistol?
Not the ill wind which blows no man to good. [ William Shakespeare ]

blew in Scrabble®

The word blew is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters blew:

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blew in Words With Friends™

The word blew is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 11

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Words within the letters of blew

2 letter words in blew (3 words)

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Longer words containing blew

cableway cableways

constablewick constablewicks

doublewalled

feeblewitted

nimblewit nimblewits

nimblewit nimblewitted

noblewoman

noblewomen

tableware tablewares

thimblewit thimblewits

thimblewit thimblewitted

tumbleweed tumbleweeds