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 drive by a current air; to impel; as, the tempest blew the ship ashore.
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.
To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.
to botch; to bungle; as, he blew his chance at a good job by showing up late for the interview.
to squander; as, he blew his inheritance gambling.
The cloud of 'water' vapour exhaled by cetaceans on surfacing when they breathe out. The water is, in fact, just moisture. Different species can sometimes be identified by the size and shape of their blows.
cloud of air exhaled by crustaceans
the visible exhalation of a whale.
Exhaled cloud of moisture from cetacean. The act of breathing.
also called spout, a puff, cloud, or column of moist air forcefully expelled through the blowhole(s) when a cetacean surfaces to breathe.
the vaporizing of the water layer just above the cetacean that occurs during exhaling. Can be used to identify cetaceans, though visibility depends on the environment. There is better visibility of the blow after a deep dive, and in higher latitudes. Less visibility if the animal has been sitting at the surface for several minutes.
In cetaceans, the expulsion of air at the surface through the blowhole(s).
forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth; "he gave his nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a single puff"
exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down"
be blowing or storming; "The wind blew from the West"
make a sound as if blown; "The whistle blew"
make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
spend lavishly or wastefully on; "He blew a lot of money on his new home theater"
sound by having air expelled through a tube; "The trumpets blew"
play or sound a wind instrument; "She blew the horn"
cause to move by means of an air current; "The wind blew the leaves around in the yard"
spout moist air from the blowhole; "The whales blew"
melt, break, or become otherwise unusable; "The lightbulbs blew out"; "The fuse blew"
burst suddenly; "The tire blew"; "We blew a tire"
up: This is when you totally run out of gas during a match and become exhausted. Example: "Warrior blew up running to the ring before the match."
The spout of water vapor exhaled by whales.
Also known as spout, it is a visible cloud of moisture laden exhalation by cetaceans.
The blow is a cetacean's visible above-water exhalation of air through its blowhole(s).
Cloud of moisture-laden air exhaled by cetaceans (also known as "spout"); may be used to describe the act of breathing.