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According to WordNet, the verb "blow" has 22 sense(s).

200477247 shape by blowing; "Blow a glass vase".

202527651 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".

201849054 leave; informal or rude; "shove off!"; "The children shoved along"; "Blow now!".

202068745 spout moist air from the blowhole; "The whales blew".

202268351 spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree".

202769241 be blowing or storming; "The wind blew from the West".

202101046 cause air to go in, on, or through; "Blow my hair dry".

200310155 burst suddenly; "The tire blew"; "We blew a tire".

202117170 provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation.

202100632 cause to move by means of an air current; "The wind blew the leaves around in the yard".

200007012 exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down".

200435294 melt, break, or become otherwise unusable; "The lightbulbs blew out"; "The fuse blew".

200934965 cause to be revealed and jeopardized; "The story blew their cover"; "The double agent was blown by the other side".

201902783 be in motion due to some air or water current; "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".

202178340 sound by having air expelled through a tube; "The trumpets blew".

202266148 spend lavishly or wastefully on; "He blew a lot of money on his new home theater".

202135877 make a sound as if blown; "The whistle blew".

201545208 lay eggs; "certain insects are said to blow".

200779804 allow to regain its breath; "blow a horse".

200883226 show off.

202135727 play or sound a wind instrument; "She blew the horn".

200034948 free of obstruction by blowing air through; "blow one's nose".


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