blew

1. To produce an air current.
2. To propel by an air current.

   Blow the dust off that book and open it up.

3. To be propelled by an air current.

   The leaves blow through the streets in the fall.

4. To create or shape by blowing; as in to blow bubbles, to blow glass.
5. To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.

   to blow the fire

6. To clear of contents by forcing air through.

   to blow an egg

7. To cause to make sound by blowing, as a musical instrument.
8. To make a sound as the result of being blown.

   In the harbor, the ships' horns blew.

9. (of a cetacean) To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while feeding.

   There she blows! (i.e. "I see a whale spouting!")

10. To explode.

    Get away from that burning gas tank! It's about to blow!

11. (with "up" or with prep phrase headed by "to") To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed.

    The aerosol can was blown to bits.

12. To cause sudden destruction of.

    He blew the tires and the engine.

13. To suddenly fail destructively.

    He tried to sprint, but his ligaments blew and he was barely able to walk to the finish line.

14. (used to express displeasure or frustration) Damn.
15. To be very undesirable. (See also suck.)

    This blows!

16. To recklessly squander.

    I blew $35 thou on a car.

17. To fellate; to perform oral sex on (usually a man)

    Who did you have to blow to get those backstage passes?

18. To leave, especially suddenly or in a hurry.

    Let's blow this joint.

19. To make flyblown, to defile, especially with fly eggs.
20. To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.
21. To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.
22. To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
23. To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.

    to blow a horse

24. To talk loudly; to boast; to storm.
25. To sing.

    That girl has a wonderful voice; just listen to her blow!

26. To leave the Church of Scientology in an unauthorized manner.

verb

To blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom.

1. The colour of the clear sky or the deep sea, between green and violet in the visible spectrum, and one of the primary additive colours for transmitted light; the colour obtained by subtracting red and green from white light using magenta and cyan filters; or any colour resembling this.
2. A blue dye or pigment.
3. Any of several processes to protect metal against rust.
4. Blue clothing

   The boys in blue marched to the pipers.

5. (in the plural) A blue uniform. See blues.
6. A member of law enforcement
7. The sky, literally or figuratively.

   His request for leave came out of the blue.

8. The ocean; deep waters.
9. The far distance; a remote or distant place.
10. Anything blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in color.
11. A dog or cat with a slaty gray coat.
12. One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of five points.
13. Any of the butterflies of the subfamily Polyommatinae in the family Lycaenidae, most of which have blue on their wings.
14. A bluefish.
15. An argument.
16. A liquid with an intense blue colour, added to a laundry wash to prevent yellowing of white clothes.
17. A type of firecracker.
18. A bluestocking.
19. One of the three color charges for quarks.

1. Of the colour blue.

   the deep blue sea

2. Depressed, melancholic, sad.
3. Pale, without redness or glare; said of a flame.

   The candle burns blue.

4. Supportive of, run by (a member of), pertaining to, or dominated by a political party represented by the colour blue.
5. Of the higher-frequency region of the part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation.
6. (of steak) Extra rare; left very raw and cold.
7. (of a dog or cat) Having a coat of fur of a slaty gray shade.
8. Severe or overly strict in morals; gloomy.

   blue and sour religionists;  blue laws

9. (of women) literary; bluestockinged.
10. Having a color charge of blue.
11. (entertainment) Risque or obscene

    His material is too blue for prime-time

1. (entertainment) Pornographic or profane.

   The air was blue with oaths.