blown

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Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
13
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/bləʊn/(UK)
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/bləʊn/(UK) · /blaːn/ · /bloʊn/(US)

Definition of blown

9 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Distended, swollen, or inflated.
    “Cattle are said to be blown when gorged with green food which develops gas.”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Distended, swollen, or inflated.
    “Cattle are said to be blown when gorged with green food which develops gas.”
  2. (not-comparable)Panting and out of breath.
  3. (not-comparable)Formed by blowing.
  4. (not-comparable)Under the influence of drugs, especially marijuana.
  5. (not-comparable, obsolete)Stale; worthless.
    “[T]wo or three horsemen, [...] appeared returning at full gallop, their horses much blown, and the men apparently in a disordered flight.”
  6. (not-comparable)Covered with the eggs and larvae of flies; flyblown.
  7. (not-comparable)Given a hot rod blower.
  8. (not-comparable)Having failed.
    “a blown head gasket”
    “Attempts by Waterloo signalmen to clear the points by power operation eventually exhausted point motor batteries, which are fed by trickle chargers, and a blown fuse accentuated the problem; thus, even when the points had been cleared of ice, no power was available to operate them until the batteries were sufficiently recharged.”

verb

  1. (form-of, participle, past)past participle of blow

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Etymology

From Middle English blawen, from Old English blāƿen, blāwen, past participle of Old English blāwan. Morphologically blow + -n.

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