blow
exhale hard
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,007 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 18,181 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.009% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- exhale hard blow on the soup to cool it down
- be blowing or storming The wind blew from the West
- free of obstruction by blowing air through blow one's nose
- be in motion due to some air or water current also: float, drift, be adrift The leaves were blowing in the windthe boat drifted on the lake
- make a sound as if blown The whistle blew
- shape by blowing Blow a glass vase
blow in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The blow proved fatal to Dame Tresham.
A Knight of the White Cross · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 1
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It was a blow to us--to family pride.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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I don't want to blow my own trumpet, but I've got away with one or two pretty fair jobs.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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XL Herminius smote down Aruns: Lartius laid Ocnus low: 330 Right to the heart of Lausulus Horatius sent a blow.
Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) · O. J. [Annotator] Stevenson · Chapter 1
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Listen for a few moments to my tale of woe, and then say if you can strike a blow on my behalf.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1