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Meaning of "blew" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BLEW

blew  [bluː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BLEW

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Blew is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb blew in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BLEW

PRESENT

Present
I blow
you blow
he/she/it blows
we blow
you blow
they blow
Present continuous
I am blowing
you are blowing
he/she/it is blowing
we are blowing
you are blowing
they are blowing
Present perfect
I have blown
you have blown
he/she/it has blown
we have blown
you have blown
they have blown
Present perfect continuous
I have been blowing
you have been blowing
he/she/it has been blowing
we have been blowing
you have been blowing
they have been blowing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I blew
you blew
he/she/it blew
we blew
you blew
they blew
Past continuous
I was blowing
you were blowing
he/she/it was blowing
we were blowing
you were blowing
they were blowing
Past perfect
I had blown
you had blown
he/she/it had blown
we had blown
you had blown
they had blown
Past perfect continuous
I had been blowing
you had been blowing
he/she/it had been blowing
we had been blowing
you had been blowing
they had been blowing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will blow
you will blow
he/she/it will blow
we will blow
you will blow
they will blow
Future continuous
I will be blowing
you will be blowing
he/she/it will be blowing
we will be blowing
you will be blowing
they will be blowing
Future perfect
I will have blown
you will have blown
he/she/it will have blown
we will have blown
you will have blown
they will have blown
Future perfect continuous
I will have been blowing
you will have been blowing
he/she/it will have been blowing
we will have been blowing
you will have been blowing
they will have been blowing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would blew
you would blew
he/she/it would blew
we would blew
you would blew
they would blew
Conditional continuous
I would be blowing
you would be blowing
he/she/it would be blowing
we would be blowing
you would be blowing
they would be blowing
Conditional perfect
I would have blew
you would have blew
he/she/it would have blew
we would have blew
you would have blew
they would have blew
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been blowing
you would have been blowing
he/she/it would have been blowing
we would have been blowing
you would have been blowing
they would have been blowing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you blow
we let´s blow
you blow
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to blow
Past participle
blown
Present Participle
blowing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BLEW


Angelou
ˈændʒəluː
blue
bluː
clue
kluː
flew
fluː
flu
fluː
glue
ɡluː
Honolulu
ˌhɒnəˈluːluː
KwaZulu
kwɑːˈzuːluː
loo
luː
lou
luː
loup
luː
lulu
ˈluːluː
navy-blue
ˈneɪvɪ bluː
plu
pluː
royal-blue
ˌrɔɪəlˈbluː
sky-blue
ˌskaɪˈbluː
sulu
ˈsuːluː
Tuvalu
ˌtuːvəˈluː
ulu
ˈuːluː
Waterloo
ˌwɔːtəˈluː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BLEW

bless!
blessed
Blessed Sacrament
Blessed Trinity
Blessed Virgin
blessedly
blessedness
blesser
blessing
blest
blet
Bletchley Park
blether
bletheranskate
bletheration
blethered
bletherer
bletherskate
bleuatre
blewits

WORDS THAT END LIKE BLEW

alew
Andrew
brand-new
clew
crew
curlew
few
have a few
interview
knew
lew
Matthew
new
overblew
overflew
overview
plew
stone curlew
unclew
Wislany Zalew

Synonyms and antonyms of blew in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BLEW»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «blew» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of blew
bear · blare · blast · blow out · bodge · botch · break · breathe · buffet · burn out · burst · carry · clear · consume · dissipate · draught · drive · emit · exhale · expel · explode · fling · flit · flitter · float · flow · flub · flurry · flutter · foul up · fuck up · fuse · gale · gasp · give out · go · gulp · gust · hover · make a pig´s ear of · move · muff · pant · pipe · play · puff · puncture · ruin · run through · rupture · screw up · short-circuit · sound · spend · split · spoil · squander · strong breeze · sweep · tempest · toot · toss · travel · trumpet · unblock · unclog · use up · waft · waste · wheeze · whirl · whisk · wind

Translation of «blew» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BLEW

Find out the translation of blew to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of blew from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «blew» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

自爆
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sopló
570 millions of speakers

English

blew
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फूंका
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فجر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

взорвали
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

soprou
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

blew
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

souffla
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Meniup
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

blies
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

吹いた
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

불었다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyebul
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thổi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அடித்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फुंकले
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

esti
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

soffiò
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wiał
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

підірвали
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

suflat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φύσηξε
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

blaas
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

blåste
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

blåste
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of blew

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BLEW»

The term «blew» is very widely used and occupies the 17.282 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BLEW» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «blew» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «blew» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about blew

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10 QUOTES WITH «BLEW»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word blew.
1
Meredith Brooks
I was looking at the setlist backstage and I just said, 'Oh my God, the first six songs nobody's gonna know.' But they all knew the lyrics. It just blew me away.
2
Kate Burton
I grew up with the one of the most famous fathers in the world in the 1960s and '70s. He passed away in 1984, and as time went on, people didn't know him. That blew me away.
3
Edward Burtynsky
The bigger question is how does a rogue species called humans - whose population just blew through the seven billion mark on it's way to nine billion members - manage to survive the next century on a planet with finite resources, without destroying its delicate balance in the process.
4
Win Butler
My favorite English teacher in high school showed me 'Brazil' when I was 15, and it blew my mind. It's one of those movies that's revealed itself in different ways as I've gone back to it over the years.
5
Guy Clark
It was really amazing. I mean, he'd never mentioned that he played in the symphony, like serious violin playing, not fiddle playing. And he just blew us away.
6
Noel Clarke
'Pulp Fiction' blew my mind; beforehand, I'd watch films and there was a beginning, middle and an end, and that's it. There is in that film, too, but it's out of sequence.
7
Bobby Darin
It happens to the best of them. You lay off singing and your throat gets out of practice. No excuses. I blew it.
8
Emily Deschanel
The United Nations did a study just over two years ago, and that blew my mind. I started thinking that if people are vegetarian for one day a week, that makes a huge difference!
9
Beth Ditto
Here is my prescription to heal all wounds. Watch the film 'Funny Girl' at least five times, eat at least 45 chocolate bars, and hang out with all those friends you blew off to hang out with your ex. I truly believe that, through a combination of Nutella, old pals and Barbra Streisand, we can achieve happiness and, very probably, world peace.
10
Donna Dixon
It's so difficult. Sometimes if I have dessert, I think, 'Well, I blew it.' That's something I need to work on and control. But still there's nothing like a buffet.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLEW»

Discover the use of blew in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to blew and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
And the Shofar Blew
Commited to building his new church, dynamic young preacher Paul Hudson loses sight of the purer intentions of his ministry and struggles to choose between his own will and God's plan.
Francine Rivers, 2013
2
The Way the Wind Blew: A History of the Weather Underground
Explores the history of the Weather Underground Organization, a radical movement in the 1960s that attempted to end the United States' presence in Vietnam through guerilla combat
Ron Jacobs, 1997
3
The Cat who Blew the Whistle
Jim Qwilleran and his feline sleuths, Koko and Yum Yum, investigate the disappearance of a wealthy railroad buff--and alleged multimillion-dollar embezzler--a case that becomes complicated by red herrings, a tragic train wreck, and murder ...
Lilian Jackson Braun, 1996
4
Bella Blew Blue Bubbles
Photographs and simple text introduce homophones, words that sound alike but are spelled differently and have different meanings.
Amanda Rondeau, 2010
5
High Stakes: How I Blew £14 Million
The story begins with Goldman placing a £50 bet on the roulette table and walking away with £10,000. And so his adventures continue.
Nigel Goldman, 2012
6
And the Wind Blew Cold: The Story of an American POW in ...
And the Wind Blew Cold refutes Cold War era propaganda that often unfairly characterized POWs as brainwashed victims or even traitors who lacked the grit that Americans expected of their brave sons.
Richard M. Bassett, 2002
7
Bone Deep in Landscape: Writing, Reading, and Place
Blew's reflections on a woman's life in the Rocky Mountain West immerse readers in the landscape of mountains and prairies and of blizzards and scorching sun.
Mary Clearman Blew, 2000
8
The Wind Blew
The wind blew, and blew, and blew!
Pat Hutchins, 2012
9
How They Blew It: The CEOs and Entrepreneurs Behind Some of ...
How They Blew It is a series of eye-popping tales of entrepreneurs and business leaders who went from corporate gurus to financial disaster zones in rapid and humiliating fashion.
Jamie Oliver, Tony Goodwin, 2010
10
She Blew Him Straight to Heaven
She Blew Him Straight to Heaven is a heartbreaking story of incredible loss. Lola Cross bears her soul in this true story about her life, her family, and the loss of her youngest child, Troy.
Lola Cross, Kathrine Rend, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BLEW»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term blew is used in the context of the following news items.
1
iPhone 6 Plus blew up while charging, woman claims
Earlier this year, a New Jersey man claimed his iPhone 5C blew up in his pocket, causing third-degree burns. Three years ago, an iPhone 4 ... «CNET, Jul 15»
2
Ex-friend testifies that defendant told him Indiana house blew up …
"He said the tsunami winds blew out the fireplace, blowing up the house, and (that) they were getting $300,000." Also, it was unusual that ... «Fox News, Jul 15»
3
Aw, Come On, Who Blew Up Cowileo's Head in Bucktown This …
BUCKTOWN — "Cowileo," a life-sized sculpture of a standing cow peering into a telescope just steps from the Damen Avenue Bloomingdale ... «DNAinfo, Jul 15»
4
Lawmakers blew opportunity to fix our regressive tax system
For years legislative inertia was often bipartisan, whether in the unimaginative, just-starve-government response to the “Great Recession,” or ... «The Olympian, Jul 15»
5
A photo of a beloved 'Game of Thrones' actor blew up the internet
After a week of constant debate, Clarke's words barely died when a new content rose on the internet that literally blew up like a bomb among ... «Blasting News, Jul 15»
6
Griffin blew the whistle
Perhaps the most important person in the Department of Veterans Affairs is retiring, leaving behind a long list of critics. Some say he did not do ... «Minot Daily News, Jul 15»
7
Southwest B738 at Denver on Jul 5th 2015, blew tyre on takeoff …
A Southwest Boeing 737-800, registration N8621A performing flight WN-2869 from Denver,CO to Los Angeles,CA (USA) with 183 people on ... «The Aviation Herald, Jul 15»
8
Kids die at birthday party after falling from bouncy castle that blew
TWO kids have died after a bouncy castle blew away while they were still on it during a birthday party. By Scott Campbell / Published 6th July ... «Daily Star, Jul 15»
9
Brendon McCullum: England blew us off the park again and it hurts
Gracious in defeat, Black Caps captain Brendon McCullum has praised England for pulling off their highest ever run chase to win by seven wickets at Trent ... «TVNZ, Jul 15»
10
5 Teams that Blew the 2015 NBA Draft
The NBA Draft is an annual showcase in hope, where a losing franchise can land a generational talent through the lottery, like a Michael ... «The Cheat Sheet, Jul 15»

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