Meaning blow
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"a blowing, a blast," 1650s, from blow (v.1).
Source: etymonline.com

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"hard hit," mid-15c., blowe, from northern and East Midlands dialects, perhaps from Middle Dutch blouwen "to beat," a common Germanic word of unknown origin (compare German bleuen, [..]
Source: etymonline.com

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"to bloom, blossom" (intransitive), from Old English blowan "to flower, blossom, flourish," from Proto-Germanic *blæ- (source also of Old Saxon bloian, Old Frisian bloia, Middle Du [..]
Source: etymonline.com

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"move air," Old English blawan "blow, breathe, make an air current; kindle; inflate; sound a wind instrument" (class VII strong verb; past tense bleow, past participle blawen), fro [..]
Source: etymonline.com

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produce flowers or be in flower
Source: en.oxforddictionaries.com

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To improvise (on any instrument); to play.
Source: ccnmtl.columbia.edu

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a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon; "a blow on the head" exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down" an impact (as from a collision); & [..]
Source: google-dictionary.so8848.com

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to push air out of your mouth. The same word also means a hard knock
Source: eenglish.in

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  to inflate.
Source: shakespeare-online.com

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blozn
Source: yiddishdictionaryonline.com

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klap
Source: yiddishdictionaryonline.com

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Noun. Cannabis or marijuana. It's interesting to note that in the U.S. it refers to cocaine. [1960s]
Source: peevish.co.uk

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A localized delamination caused by steam pressure buildup during the hot pressing operation. The steam may result from high moisture content of the veneer or strands, excessive glue spread, or high pr [..]
Source: wooduniversity.org

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The usual term for 'improvise.' It has a more mystical aura. Also, simply to play an instrument.
Source: apassion4jazz.net

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(n) a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon(n) an impact (as from a collision)(n) an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating(n) an unpleasant or d [..]
Source: beedictionary.com

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An inhalation of a drug by an addict.
Source: druglibrary.org

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To blow means “to leave without permission” or “to leave before something is completed”. One can “blow staff”, “blow course”, “blow session”, or “blow the org”. It is a very, very serious offence in S [..]
Source: exscientologykids.com

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Short, intense gale or storm.
Source: brethrencoast.com

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The action of a whale when it comes to the surface and expels the seawater it has taken in while feeding. The traditional hail of the lookout in a whaling ship when sighting this spouting water is &am [..]
Source: caribbean-pirates.com

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The action of a whale when it comes to the surface and expels the seawater it has taken in while feeding. The traditional hail of the lookout in a whaling ship when sighting this spouting water is &am [..]
Source: marinewaypoints.com

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When a cetacean forces air out of its blowhole. This is commonly visible from a distance as a spout of white spray. The image shows the "V""-shaped blow of a right whale. Photo: NOAA No [..]
Source: marinemammal.uga.edu

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A gale of wind.   Blue Jackets.-- Sailors.   Blue Peter.-- A blue flag with a white square in the centre; hoisted at the fore truck as a signal that the vessel is about to go to sea, and five minutes [..]
Source: thecheappages.com

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to inflate BOARD:  to make advances to; accost
Source: shakespearehigh.com

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Leave
Source: miskatonic.org

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Cocaine. To waste something. "Don't blow your dough on that schwag." 
Source: hipplanet.com

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(now,chiefly|dialectal|Northern England) Blue.
Source: en.wiktionary.org





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