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What does blow mean?

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Adjective
  1. (now chiefly dialectal, Northern England) Blue.
Verb
  1. (intransitive) To produce an air current.
  2. (transitive) To propel by an air current.
  3. (intransitive) To be propelled by an air current.
  4. (transitive) 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.
  6. To clear of contents by forcing air through.
  7. (transitive) To cause to make sound by blowing, as a musical instrument.
  8. (intransitive) To make a sound as the result of being blown.
  9. (cetacean) To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while feeding.
  10. (intransitive) To explode.
  11. (transitive, with "up" or with prep phrase headed by "to") To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed.
  12. (transitive) To cause sudden destruction of.
  13. (intransitive) To suddenly fail destructively.
  14. (intransitive, slang) To be very undesirable (see also suck).
  15. (transitive, slang) To recklessly squander.
  16. (transitive) To leave.
  17. To make flyblown, to defile, especially with fly eggs.
  18. (obsolete) To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.
  19. (obsolete) To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.
  20. (intransitive) To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
  21. (transitive) To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.
  22. (obsolete) To talk loudly; to boast; to storm.
  23. (slang, informal, African American Vernacular) To sing
Noun
  1. A strong wind.
  2. (informal) A chance to catch one’s breath.
  3. (uncountable, US, slang) Cocaine.
  4. (uncountable, Britain, slang) Cannabis.
  5. (uncountable, US Chicago Regional, slang) Heroin.
Noun
  1. The act of striking or hitting.
  2. A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.
  3. A damaging occurrence.
Verb
  1. To blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom.
Noun
  1. A mass or display of flowers; a yield.
  2. A display of anything brilliant or bright.
  3. A bloom, state of flowering.
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