blown
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- 10
- Words With Friends
- 13
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- 5
/bləʊn/(UK)
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/bləʊn/(UK) · /blaːn/ · /bloʊn/(US)
Definition of blown
9 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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(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
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(not-comparable)Distended, swollen, or inflated.
“Cattle are said to be blown when gorged with green food which develops gas.”
- (not-comparable)Panting and out of breath.
- (not-comparable)Formed by blowing.
- (not-comparable)Under the influence of drugs, especially marijuana.
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(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.”
- (not-comparable)Covered with the eggs and larvae of flies; flyblown.
- (not-comparable)Given a hot rod blower.
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(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
- (form-of, participle, past)past participle of blow
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English blawen, from Old English blāƿen, blāwen, past participle of Old English blāwan. Morphologically blow + -n.
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