blown
Verb
Verb Forms: blew, blown, blowing, blows
- Past participle of blow; carried by air or caused to sound.
- exhale hard
- be blowing or storming
- free of obstruction by blowing air through
- be in motion due to some air or water current
- make a sound as if blown
- shape by blowing
- make a mess of, destroy or ruin
- spend thoughtlessly; throw away
- spend lavishly or wastefully on
- sound by having air expelled through a tube
- play or sound a wind instrument
- provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation
- cause air to go in, on, or through
- cause to move by means of an air current
- spout moist air from the blowhole
- leave; informal or rude
- lay eggs
- cause to be revealed and jeopardized
- "The double agent was blown by the other side"
- show off
- allow to regain its breath
- melt, break, or become otherwise unusable
- burst suddenly
- past participle of blow
Adjective Satellite
- being moved or acted upon by moving air or vapor
- "blown clouds of dust choked the riders"
- "blown soil mounded on the window sill"
- breathing laboriously or convulsively
Adj
- Distended, swollen, or inflated.
- Panting and out of breath.
- Formed by blowing.
- Under the influence of drugs, especially marijuana.
- Stale; worthless.
- Covered with the eggs and larvae of flies; flyblown.
- Given a hot rod blower.
- Having failed.
Adjective
- Carried by wind; swelled with air; exhausted.
Examples
- a blown head gasket
- Cattle are said to be blown when gorged with green food which develops gas.
- His chance at a perfect score was BLOWN by one misspelled word.
- His chances of winning were blown after his opponent played a triple-triple word.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English blawen, from Old English blāƿen, blāwen, past participle of Old English blāwan.
Morphologically blow + -n.
Synonyms
ball up, be adrift, blow, blow out, bluster, boast, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, brag, bumble, bungle, burn out, drift, fellate, float, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, gas, gasconade, go down on, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, pursy, screw up, shoot a line, short-winded, shove along, shove off, spoil, squander, suck, swash, tout, vaunt, waste, winded, supercharged
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 10
blown: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordblown: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
blown: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary