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verb
  1. 1
    if wind or air blows, the air moves

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of blow*

    What the wind can do: blow, catch, drop, freshen, get up, gust, howl, lash, pick up, rise... more
    1. a.
      if something blows or is blown somewhere, the wind moves it there

      *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of blow*

      What the wind can do: blow, catch, drop, freshen, get up, gust, howl, lash, pick up, rise... more
  2. 2
    to push out air from your mouth

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of blow*

    To breathe, or to have difficulty breathing: breathe, blow, sigh, inhale, choke, gulp, gasp, puff, catch your breath, fight for breath... more
    1. a.
      to move something by pushing out air from your mouth

      *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of blow*

      General words meaning to move something: take, propel, guide, transfer, budge, roll, shunt, manhandle, pass, advance... more
    2. b.
      to form something by pushing out air from your mouth

      *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of blow*

      To change the shape of something: reshape, open up, shape, form, bend, straighten, twist, deform, curl, work... more
  3. 3
    to make a sound by pushing air through something such as a whistle or a musical instrument

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of blow*

    To make miscellaneous sounds: babble, blow, burble, buzz, click, cough, crack, crunch, ding, grate... more
  7. 7
    informal to spend a lot of money quickly on things that you do not need

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of blow*

    To spend or to pay money: disburse, spend, pay, pay out, finance, fund, invest in, put up, bear the cost/expense etc.... more
  8. 8
    American very informal to leave a place quickly

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of blow*

    To leave a place or person quickly or suddenly: run off, dash off, make off, abandon, take off, clear off, shoot off, scoot, clear out, skip out... more

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