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Meaning of "blob" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BLOB

Perhaps of imitative origin; compare bubble.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BLOB

blob  [blɒb] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BLOB

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Blob is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb blob in English.

WHAT DOES BLOB MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of blob in the English dictionary

The first definition of blob in the dictionary is a soft mass or drop, as of some viscous liquid. Other definition of blob is a spot, dab, or blotch of colour, ink, etc. Blob is also a indistinct or shapeless form or object.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BLOB

PRESENT

Present
I blob
you blob
he/she/it blobs
we blob
you blob
they blob
Present continuous
I am blobbing
you are blobbing
he/she/it is blobbing
we are blobbing
you are blobbing
they are blobbing
Present perfect
I have blobbed
you have blobbed
he/she/it has blobbed
we have blobbed
you have blobbed
they have blobbed
Present perfect continuous
I have been blobbing
you have been blobbing
he/she/it has been blobbing
we have been blobbing
you have been blobbing
they have been blobbing
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 blobbed
you blobbed
he/she/it blobbed
we blobbed
you blobbed
they blobbed
Past continuous
I was blobbing
you were blobbing
he/she/it was blobbing
we were blobbing
you were blobbing
they were blobbing
Past perfect
I had blobbed
you had blobbed
he/she/it had blobbed
we had blobbed
you had blobbed
they had blobbed
Past perfect continuous
I had been blobbing
you had been blobbing
he/she/it had been blobbing
we had been blobbing
you had been blobbing
they had been blobbing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you blob
we let´s blob
you blob
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to blob
Past participle
blobbed
Present Participle
blobbing
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 BLOB


flob
flɒb
glob
ɡlɒb
lob
lɒb
slob
slɒb

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BLOB

bloat
bloated
bloatedness
bloater
bloating
bloatware
blobbed
blobbing
blobby
bloc
Bloch
block
block and tackle
block association
block booking
block calendar
block capital
block diagram
block grant
block in

WORDS THAT END LIKE BLOB

blow job
bob
boob
cob
dob
fob
gob
handjob
hob
Jacob
job
knob
mob
nob
noob
on the job
on-the-job
rob
snob
sob

Synonyms and antonyms of blob in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BLOB»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «blob» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of blob
ball · bead · dab · dewdrop · drop · droplet · form · glob · globule · lump · mass · pearl · shadow · shape · silhouette · spot

Translation of «blob» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BLOB

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

Translator English - Chinese

> 一滴
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gota
570 millions of speakers

English

blob
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बूँद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فقاعة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

капля
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gota
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফোঁটা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pâté
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gumpalan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Klecks
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

どろっとした液体の小さな塊
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

한 방울
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Blob
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đốm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குமிழ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ब्लॉब
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

damla
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

goccia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kropelka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

крапля
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

blob
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άμορφη μάζα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

blob
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

blob
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

blob
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of blob

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BLOB»

The term «blob» is very widely used and occupies the 18.204 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of blob
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BLOB» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «blob» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «blob» 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 blob

EXAMPLES

7 QUOTES WITH «BLOB»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word blob.
1
Terence Fisher
One blob of red in the wrong place and the audience isn't looking at the hero, they're looking at a patch of curtain (or something similar) and your whole effect is lost.
2
David Icke
The human race is a herd. Here we are, unique, eternal aspects of consciousness with an infinity of potential, and we have allowed ourselves to become an unthinking, unquestioning blob of conformity and uniformity. A herd. Once we concede to the herd mentality, we can be controlled and directed by a tiny few. And we are.
3
Daniel Curtis Lee
I am young, and I think all young guys would love to play a superhero - any superhero - it doesn't matter. I could be a superhero that would just turn into a big blob or something like that, but I could tell all the ladies, 'Hey, I am superhero!'
4
Josh Radnor
An obsessive attention to the news, I've realized, only serves to paint a picture of the world as a throbbing blob of dysfunction, most news falling somewhere on a scale from disappointing to calamitous.
5
Jane Siberry
The gym of life has a free membership. Build powerful life-muscles through family gatherings from hell. Do you really want to be a happy, peaceful blob?
6
Clifford D. Simak
If the means were available, we could trace our ancestry - yours and mine - back to the first blob of life-like material that came into being on the planet.
7
Arthur Smith
I see my large nose, like half an avocado. I broke it falling downstairs when I was six, and it now resembles a large blob of play-dough.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLOB»

Discover the use of blob in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to blob and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Blob
It's hard enough for Eve to adjust to a new high school without the extra weight she's gained over the summer.
Frieda Wishinsky, 2010
2
The Attack of the Blob: Hannah Arendt's Concept of the Social
This book is thus a battle of wits. . . . [A] vivid sketch of the conflict between two basic outlooks."—Library Journal "[O]ne leaves this book feeling enriched and challenged.
Hanna Fenichel Pitkin, 1998
3
The Blob That Ate Everyone
Would-be horror novelist Zackie Beauchamp finds a beat-up old typewriter in a burned-out antique store and takes it home to begin writing his opus about a giant, pink blob monster, only to discover that every word he writes is coming true.
R. L. Stine, 2009
4
Meet the Blob
Presents the story of "The Blob," examines how the story was brought to life in 1958, and explores subsequent versions of the story throughout history.
Suzanne J. Murdico, 2004
5
Rob the Blob
Focuses on common word families for beginning readers featuring a picture glossary, rebus sentences, word family words, and a story section.
Anders Hanson, 2010
6
Doug - Funnie Mysteries #8: Bluffington Blob
Collects five mysteries featuring strange creatures, aliens, a secret admirer, pink blobs of goo, and a missing jacket.
Ellen Weiss, 2001
7
The Blob
The horror creature that menaced American moviegoers in the 1950s returns in a chilling story of a creeping, crawling, seeping, mauling monster
David Bischoff, 1988
8
Big Bad Blob
When Ed dropped his gum on a stormy day, little did he know what would happen. Can Granny save him from Big Bad Blob?
Penny Dolan, 2008
9
Bob the Blob: Tales of a Husky Boy
Tales of a Husky Boy Robert Dukes. less eager than me to go, and just about every day for the first two weeks I had to drag him to the car to go. Then I finally convinced him to go by threatening him with a spanking from my dad. That seemed to ...
Robert Dukes, 2007
10
Big Book of Blob Trees
The book comes with guidance and suggested questions such as:• Which Blob do you feel like?• Find a Blob that interests you.• Which Blob confuses you?• Which Blob annoys you the most?
Pip Wilson, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BLOB»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term blob is used in the context of the following news items.
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Is mysterious 'blob' causing west coast drought?
Scientists are looking into something they've deemed 'the blob' as an explanation behind the heat and dry weather in our area, July 6, 2015. «KOIN.com, Jul 15»
2
Jack H. Harris: Father of 'The Blob'
Each July, hundreds of theatergoers flee en masse from the local Colonial Theatre to pay homage to a scene from “The Blob,” filmed at the ... «St. George Daily Spectrum, Jul 15»
3
Viewer video captures mysterious mass floating in North Philadelphia
You can see a fast-moving, clear blob floating across the skyline. Some people believe the mass is some type of factory-grade soap bubble, ... «6abc.com, Jul 15»
4
The 'blob' is back in Phoenixville
Phoenixville's annual Blobfest is getting ready to ooze into town from July 10 through 12 to celebrate the 1958 cult classic film “The Blob. «The Phoenix, Jul 15»
5
Why The Pacific "Blob" Causes Concern
Witness: "The Blob," an area of the Pacific about seven degrees (Fahrenheit) warmer than the water around it, first noticed nearly two years ago ... «Jefferson Public Radio, Jul 15»
6
Blame The Blob For the Portland Heat Wave (No, Seriously.)
The Blob's five-degree temperature difference is the largest variation ever seen on the historic record. And changes like these in the ocean can ... «Portland Monthly, Jul 15»
7
TINSELTOWN TALKS: Jack H. Harris is father of 'The Blob'
Cast members of "The Blob" included (from left) Aneta Corsaut, Steve McQueen and Stephen Chase. Olin Howland, a veteran of 200 films, ... «MyWebTimes.com, Jul 15»
8
Snyder: The blob is coming!
Blob Bulletin: NASA scientists say a mysterious green blob floating out there in space could be a threat to our planet. They have no idea what ... «Alaska Highway News, Jul 15»
9
Private Computers Needed To Determine If Mysterious 'Blob' Of …
(CBS SF) — In the sci-fi cult classic movie, The Blob was a gelatinous alien life form that swallowed up everything in its path. Now, according to ... «CBS Local, Jun 15»
10
Google IS listening: Binary blob banished from Chromium build
The binary blob managed to upset the Debian community in two ways. Firstly, its very existence was a violation of the Debian Social Contract, ... «The Register, Jun 15»

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