Blow vs. Gale

(intransitive) To produce an air current.

(transitive) To propel by an air current.

Example: ‘Blow the dust off that book and open it up.’;

(intransitive) To be propelled by an air current.

Example: ‘The leaves blow through the streets in the fall.’;

(transitive) To create or shape by blowing; as in to blow bubbles, to blow glass.

To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.

Example: ‘to blow the fire’;

To clear of contents by forcing air through.

Example: ‘to blow an egg’; ‘to blow one's nose’;

(transitive) To cause to make sound by blowing, as a musical instrument.

(intransitive) To make a sound as the result of being blown.

Example: ‘In the harbor, the ships' horns blew.’;

To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while feeding.

Example: ‘There's nothing more thrilling to the whale watcher than to see a whale surface and blow.’; ‘There she blows! (i.e. "I see a whale spouting!")’;

(intransitive) To explode.

Example: ‘Get away from that burning gas tank! It's about to blow!’;

To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed.

Example: ‘The demolition squad neatly blew the old hotel up.’; ‘The aerosol can was blown to bits.’;

(transitive) To cause sudden destruction of.

Example: ‘He blew the tires and the engine.’;

(intransitive) To suddenly fail destructively.

Example: ‘He tried to sprint, but his ligaments blew and he was barely able to walk to the finish line.’;

To be very undesirable. (See also suck.)

Example: ‘This blows!’;

To recklessly squander.

Example: ‘I managed to blow $1000 at blackjack in under an hour.’; ‘I blew $35 thou on a car.’; ‘We blew an opportunity to get benign corporate sponsorship.’;

To fellate; to perform oral sex on (usually a man)

Example: ‘Who did you have to blow to get those backstage passes?’;

To leave.

Example: ‘Let's blow this joint.’;

To make flyblown, to defile, especially with fly eggs.

(obsolete) To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.

(obsolete) To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.

(intransitive) To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.

(transitive) To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.

Example: ‘to blow a horse’;

(obsolete) To talk loudly; to boast; to storm.

To sing

Example: ‘That girl has a wonderful voice; just listen to her blow!’;

To leave the Church of Scientology in an unauthorized manner.

To blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom.

A strong wind.

Example: ‘We're having a bit of a blow this afternoon.’;

(informal) A chance to catch one’s breath.

Example: ‘The players were able to get a blow during the last timeout.’;

Cocaine.

Cannabis.

Heroin.

The act of striking or hitting.

Example: ‘A fabricator is used to direct a sharp blow to the surface of the stone.’; ‘During an exchange to end round 13, Duran landed a blow to the midsection.’;

A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.

A damaging occurrence.

Example: ‘A further blow to the group came in 1917 when Thomson died while canoeing in Algonquin Park.’;

A mass or display of flowers; a yield.

A display of anything brilliant or bright.

A bloom, state of flowering.

Example: ‘roses in full blow.’;

Blue.

To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

Example: ‘How blows the citron grove.’;

To cause to blossom; to put forth (blossoms or flowers).

Example: ‘The odorous banks, that blowFlowers of more mingled hue.’;

To produce a current of air; to move, as air, esp. to move rapidly or with power; as, the wind blows.

Example: ‘Hark how it rains and blows !’;

To send forth a forcible current of air, as from the mouth or from a pair of bellows.

To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.

Example: ‘Here is Mistress Page at the door, sweating and blowing.’;

To sound on being blown into, as a trumpet.

Example: ‘There let the pealing organ blow.’;

To spout water, etc., from the blowholes, as a whale.

To be carried or moved by the wind; as, the dust blows in from the street.

Example: ‘The grass blows from their graves to thy own.’;

To talk loudly; to boast; to storm.

Example: ‘You blow behind my back, but dare not say anything to my face.’;

To stop functioning due to a failure in an electrical circuit, especially on which breaks the circuit; sometimes used with out; - used of light bulbs, electronic components, fuses; as, the dome light in the car blew out.

To deflate by sudden loss of air; usually used with out; - of inflatable tires.

To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means; as, to blow the fire.

To drive by a current air; to impel; as, the tempest blew the ship ashore.

Example: ‘Off at sea northeast winds blowSabean odors from the spicy shore.’;

To cause air to pass through by the action of the mouth, or otherwise; to cause to sound, as a wind instrument; as, to blow a trumpet; to blow an organ; to blow a horn.

Example: ‘Hath she no husbandThat will take pains to blow a horn before her?’; ‘Boy, blow the pipe until the bubble rise,Then cast it off to float upon the skies.’;

To clear of contents by forcing air through; as, to blow an egg; to blow one's nose.

To burst, shatter, or destroy by an explosion; - usually with up, down, open, or similar adverb; as, to blow up a building.

To spread by report; to publish; to disclose; to reveal, intentionally or inadvertently; as, to blow an agent's cover.

Example: ‘Through the court his courtesy was blown.’; ‘His language does his knowledge blow.’;

To form by inflation; to swell by injecting air; as, to blow bubbles; to blow glass.

To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.

Example: ‘Look how imagination blows him.’;

To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue; as, to blow a horse.

To deposit eggs or larvæ upon, or in (meat, etc.).

Example: ‘To sufferThe flesh fly blow my mouth.’;

To perform an act of fellatio on; to stimulate another's penis with one's mouth; - usually considered vulgar.

to smoke (e. g. marijuana); to blow pot.

to botch; to bungle; as, he blew his chance at a good job by showing up late for the interview.

to leave; to depart from; as, to blow town.

to squander; as, he blew his inheritance gambling.

Example: ‘I have blown him up well - nobody can say I wink at what he does.’; ‘How far the very custom of hearing anything spouted withers and blows upon a fine passage, may be seen in those speeches from [Shakespeare's] Henry V. which are current in the mouths of schoolboys.’; ‘A lady's maid whose character had been blown upon.’;

A blossom; a flower; also, a state of blossoming; a mass of blossoms.

A forcible stroke with the hand, fist, or some instrument, as a rod, a club, an ax, or a sword.

Example: ‘Well struck ! there was blow for blow.’;

A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.

Example: ‘A vigorous blow might win [Hanno's camp].’;

The infliction of evil; a sudden calamity; something which produces mental, physical, or financial suffering or loss (esp. when sudden); a buffet.

Example: ‘A most poor man, made tame to fortune's blows.’;

A blowing, esp., a violent blowing of the wind; a gale; as, a heavy blow came on, and the ship put back to port.

The act of forcing air from the mouth, or through or from some instrument; as, to give a hard blow on a whistle or horn; to give the fire a blow with the bellows.

The spouting of a whale.

A single heat or operation of the Bessemer converter.

An egg, or a larva, deposited by a fly on or in flesh, or the act of depositing it.

a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon;

Example: ‘a blow on the head’;

an impact (as from a collision);

Example: ‘the bump threw him off the bicycle’;

an unfortunate happening that hinders of impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating

an unpleasant or disappointing surprise;

Example: ‘it came as a shock to learn that he was injured’;

a strong current of air;

Example: ‘the tree was bent almost double by the gust’;

street names for cocaine

forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth;

Example: ‘he gave his nose a loud blow’; ‘he blew out all the candles with a single puff’;

exhale hard;

Example: ‘blow on the soup to cool it down’;

be blowing or storming;

Example: ‘The wind blew from the West’;

free of obstruction by blowing air through;

Example: ‘blow one's nose’;

be in motion due to some air or water current;

Example: ‘The leaves were blowing in the wind’; ‘the boat drifted on the lake’; ‘The sailboat was adrift on the open sea’; ‘the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore’;

make a sound as if blown;

Example: ‘The whistle blew’;

shape by blowing;

Example: ‘Blow a glass vase’;

make a mess of, destroy or ruin;

Example: ‘I botched the dinner and we had to eat out’; ‘the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement’;

spend thoughtlessly; throw away;

Example: ‘He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends’; ‘You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree’;

spend lavishly or wastefully on;

Example: ‘He blew a lot of money on his new home theater’;

sound by having air expelled through a tube;

Example: ‘The trumpets blew’;

play or sound a wind instrument;

Example: ‘She blew the horn’;

provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation

cause air to go in, on, or through;

Example: ‘Blow my hair dry’;

cause to move by means of an air current;

Example: ‘The wind blew the leaves around in the yard’;

spout moist air from the blowhole;

Example: ‘The whales blew’;

leave; informal or rude;

Example: ‘shove off!’; ‘The children shoved along’; ‘Blow now!’;

lay eggs;

Example: ‘certain insects are said to blow’;

cause to be revealed and jeopardized;

Example: ‘The story blew their cover’; ‘The double agent was blown by the other side’;

show off

allow to regain its breath;

Example: ‘blow a horse’;

melt, break, or become otherwise unusable;

Example: ‘The lightbulbs blew out’; ‘The fuse blew’;

burst suddenly;

Example: ‘The tire blew’; ‘We blew a tire’;

To sing; charm; enchant.

To cry; groan; croak.

To talk.

To call.

To sing; utter with musical modulations.

(nautical) To sail, or sail fast.

(meteorology) A very strong wind, more than a breeze, less than a storm; number 7 through to 9 winds on the 12-step Beaufort scale.

An outburst, especially of laughter.

Example: ‘a gale of laughter’;

(archaic) A light breeze.

(obsolete) A song or story.

A shrub, also called sweet gale or bog myrtle (Myrica gale), that grows on moors and fens.

(archaic) A periodic payment, such as is made of a rent or annuity.

Example: ‘Gale day - the day on which rent or interest is due.’;

A strong current of air; a wind between a stiff breeze and a hurricane. The most violent gales are called tempests.

A moderate current of air; a breeze.

Example: ‘A little gale will soon disperse that cloud.’; ‘And winds of gentlest gale Arabian odors fannedFrom their soft wings.’;

A state of excitement, passion, or hilarity.

Example: ‘The ladies, laughing heartily, were fast getting into what, in New England, is sometimes called a gale.’;

A song or story.

A plant of the genus Myrica, growing in wet places, and strongly resembling the bayberry. The sweet gale (Myrica Gale) is found both in Europe and in America.

The payment of a rent or annuity.

To sale, or sail fast.

To sing.

a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale

A gale is a strong wind, typically used as a descriptor in nautical contexts. The U.S. National Weather Service defines a gale as 34–47 knots (63–87 km/h, 17.5–24.2 m/s or 39–54 miles/hour) of sustained surface winds.