blown
/blou/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Breathing laboriously or convulsively: Describes a state of being out of breath, often from exertion.
- Being moved or acted upon by moving air or vapor: Describes something that has been carried, shaped, or affected by the wind or a current of air.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- After running up the stairs, he was completely blown and had to sit down. (Describes being out of breath.)
- The blown clouds of dust choked the riders. (Describes dust moved by the wind.)
- The path was covered with blown soil mounded on the window sill. (Describes soil deposited by the wind.)
Advanced Usage
- "blown away" (idiom): Extremely impressed, astonished, or overwhelmed.
- I was blown away by the beauty of the performance.
- "blown out of proportion" (idiom): Exaggerated or made to seem more important or serious than it really is.
- The minor disagreement was blown out of proportion by the media.
Variants and Related Words
- Blow (verb): To move or be moved by air; to expel air from the mouth; to cause to fail or explode.
- Blower (noun): A person or device that blows, such as a fan or a whale.
- Blowout (noun): A sudden bursting or failure; a large, lavish party or meal.
Synonyms
- Winded: Out of breath.
- Breathless: Gasping for breath.
- Scattered: Dispersed by the wind.
- Displaced: Moved from its original place.
Related Phrasal Verbs (from the base verb "blow")
- Blow up: To explode; to inflate; to enlarge (a photograph); to become very angry.
- They had to blow up the old bridge for safety.
- Blow over: (Of trouble or an argument) to fade away without serious consequences.
- I hope this scandal will soon blow over.
- Blow out: To extinguish by blowing; (of a tire) to burst suddenly.
- Can you blow out the candles?
Related Idioms
- It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good: A saying meaning that even a bad situation usually benefits someone.
- Blow hot and cold: To keep changing your attitude; to be inconsistent.
- He keeps blowing hot and cold about the project, so I don't know what he really wants.
Adjective
- breathing laboriously or convulsively
- being moved or acted upon by moving air or vapor
- blown clouds of dust choked the riders
- blown soil mounded on the window sill