blown
adjective
[ bləʊn ]
• denoting a type of glassware made by forcing air through molten glass.
• "a stunning collection of blown glass figurines"
• (of a fuse or electric circuit) burned out as a result of overloading.
• "check your fuse box for any blown fuses"
• out of breath; panting.
• "an exhausted, blown horse"
• (of a vehicle or its engine) fitted with a turbocharger.
blow
verb
• (of wind) move creating an air current.
• "a cold breeze was blowing in off the sea"
Similar:
gust,
puff,
flurry,
blast,
roar,
bluster,
rush,
storm,
move,
be in motion,
• expel air through pursed lips.
• "Will took a deep breath, and blew"
• (of an explosion or explosive device) displace violently or send flying.
• "the blast had blown the windows out of the van"
• spend recklessly.
• "they blew £100,000 in just eighteen months"
Similar:
squander,
waste,
misspend,
throw away,
fritter away,
spend freely,
run through,
go through,
lose,
lavish,
dissipate,
make poor use of,
be prodigal with,
spend recklessly,
spend unwisely,
spend like water,
throw around like confetti,
burn,
use up,
splurge,
pour/throw down the drain,
spend as if it grows on trees,
splash out,
blue,
Opposite:
save,
spend wisely,
• waste (an opportunity).
• "he'd been given a second chance and he'd blown it"
Similar:
spoil,
ruin,
bungle,
make a mess of,
mess up,
fudge,
muff,
waste,
lose,
squander,
throw away,
botch,
make a hash of,
screw up,
louse up,
foul up,
bodge,
fluff,
cock up,
fuck up,
bugger up,
• used in various expressions to express surprise or as a mild oath.
• "‘Well, blow me ’, he said, ‘I never knew that.’"
• perform fellatio on (a man).
• be extremely bad or unwelcome.
• "‘This blows,’ she sighs, ‘I want it to be next week already’"
• (of flies) lay eggs in or on (something).
Origin:
Old English blāwan, of Germanic origin; related to German blähen ‘blow up, swell’, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin flare ‘blow’.
blow
verb
• produce flowers or be in flower.
• "I know a bank where the wild thyme blows"
Origin:
Old English blōwan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bloeien and German blühen, also to bloom1 and blossom.
