Definition of blows

"blows" in the noun sense

1. blow

a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon

"a blow on the head"

2. blow, bump

an impact (as from a collision

"the bump threw him off the bicycle"

3. reverse, reversal, setback, blow, black eye

an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes something that is thwarting or frustrating

4. shock, blow

an unpleasant or disappointing surprise

"it came as a shock to learn that he was injured"

5. gust, blast, blow

a strong current of air

"the tree was bent almost double by the gust"

6. coke, blow, nose candy, snow, C

street names for cocaine

7. blow, puff

forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth

"he gave his nose a loud blow"

"he blew out all the candles with a single puff"

"blows" 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"

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Quotations for blows

The anvil fears no blows. [ Proverb ]

The wind blows not always west. [ Proverb ]

A plague of sighing and grief!
It blows a man up like a bladder. [ William Shakespeare ]

And silence, like a poultice, comes
To heal the blows of sound. [ O. W. Holmes ]

As the wind blows, seek your shelter . [ Proverb ]

Yet, all beneath the unrivalled rose,
The lowly daisy sweetly blows;
Tho' large the forest's monarch throws
His army shade,
Yet green the juicy hawthorn grows,
Adown the glade. [ Burns ]

And grasps the skirts of happy chance,
And breasts the blows of circumstance. [ Tennyson ]

Ill blows the wind that profits nobody. [ William Shakespeare ]

I am a feather for each wind that blows. [ William Shakespeare ]

As the wind blows, you must set your sail. [ Proverb ]

I know a bank whereon the wild thyme blows,
Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows. [ William Shakespeare ]

I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,
Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows;
Quite over-canopies with luscious woodbine,
With sweet musk-roses, and with eglantine. [ William Shakespeare ]

Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows. [ Pope ]

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

He bore a simple wild-flower wreath:
Narcissus, and the sweet brier rose;
Vervain, and flexile thyme, that breathe
Rich fragrance; modest heath, that glows
With purple bells; the amaranth bright.
That no decay, nor fading knows.
Like true love's holiest, rarest light;
And every purest flower, that blows,
In that sweet time, which Love most blesses,
When spring on summer's confines presses. [ Thomas Love Peacock ]

The beast that goes always never wants blows. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

He that blows in the dust fills his own eyes. [ Proverb ]

To me the meanest flower that blows can give
Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears. [ Wordsworth ]

But as the unthought-on accident is guilty
To what we wildly do, so we profess
Ourselves to be the slaves of chance, and flies
Of every wind that blows. [ William Shakespeare ]

The blast that blows loudest is soon overblown. [ Tobias Smollett ]

Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows,
While proudly rising over the azure realm,
In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes,
Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm. [ Gray ]

Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows. [ Gray ]

He that blows in the dust fills his eyes with it. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

The wind that blows out candles kindles the fire. [ Proverb ]

He that blows a trumpet at his alms is' a Pharisee. [ Proverb ]

A little wind kindles a great fire, a great one blows it out. [ Proverb ]

Blow ye winds, like the trumpet blows; but without that noise. [ Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts ]

None hastens to that market where nothing is to be bought but blows. [ Proverb ]

To me the meanest flower that blows, can give thoughts that often lie too deep for tears. [ Wordsworth ]

The fickle mob, how they are driven round by every wind that blows! Woe to him who leans on this reed! [ Friedrich Schiller ]

He that blows the coals in quarrels he has nothing to do with, has no right to complain if the sparks fly in his face. [ Ben. Franklin ]

Thou canst withstand fate, but many a time it gives blows. Will it not go out of thy way, why then, go thou out of its. [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]

Every man who strikes blows for power, for influence, for institutions, for the right, must be just as good an anvil as he is a hammer. [ Josiah Gilbert Holland (pseudonym Timothy Titcomb) ]

Before wondering at the degradation of a soul, one should know what blows it has received, and what it has suffered from its own grandeur. [ Mme. Louise Colet ]

The diamond of character is revealed by the concussion of misfortune, as the splendor of the precious jewel of the mine is developed by the blows of the lapidary. [ F. A. Durivage ]

Neptune has raised up his turbulent plains; the sea falls and leaps upon the trembling shore. She remounts, groans, and with redoubled blows makes the abyss and the shaken mountains resound. [ St. Lambert ]

Remember that it is not he who gives abuse or blows who affronts, but the view we take of these things as insulting. When, therefore, any one provokes you, be assured that it is your own opinion which provokes you. [ Epictetus ]

A sense of humor is a saving grace, and happy is that woman who has been blessed by birth with that rare sixth sense of seeing the funny side. If you have it naturally, be gladly grateful, for it is a greater gift than beauty or riches. It means cheerfulness, contentment, courage and, possessing it, you are equipped with a potent weapon against the blows of fate. [ Unknown ]

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

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

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

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 12

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Words within the letters of blows

2 letter words in blows (3 words)

3 letter words in blows (8 words)

4 letter words in blows (8 words)

5 letter words in blows (Anagrams) (2 words)

blows + 1 blank (4 words)

Words containing the sequence blows

Words that start with blows (6 words)

Words with blows in them (1 word)

Words that end with blows (5 words)

Word Growth involving blows

Shorter words in blows

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Longer words containing blows

backblows

blowsier

blowsiest

blowsily

blowsiness

blowsy

counterblows

deathblows

overblows