- 2. Spot (of any kind, especially irregular), patch, splotch.
Blow, n.
- 1. Stroke, knock, rap, pat, thump, dab, beat, lick, thwack, bang.
- 2. Calamity, disaster, misfortune, affliction.
- 3. Bloom, blossom, flower, efflorescence.
- 4. Gale, blast, gust.
Blow, v. n.
- 1. Move or flow in currents (as the wind).
- 2. Pant, puff, lose breath, breathe hard.
- 3. Flower, bloom, blossom.
- 4. Sound, give forth sound, peal forth, breathe.
- 5. (Colloq.) Boast, brag, gasconade, talk large, bluster.
- 6. Spout (as a whale).
Blow, v. a.
- 1. Drive (by blowing), impel.
- 2. Force wind upon, direct a current of air upon.
- 3. Sound, wind, sound upon, wind a blast upon.
- 4. Spread, spread or sound abroad, diffuse.
- 5. Form (with the breath).
- 6. Deposit eggs in, fly-blow, make putrid.