Blew Meaning
/bl(j)uː/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbsimple past of blow
verbpast participle of blow
Sentence Examples
The sky grew darker and darker, and the wind blew harder and harder.
The wind blew in gusts.
Immediately after it caught fire, the chemical factory blew up.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
A strong gust of wind ____ the hat right off my head.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The strong wind ____ the dry leaves across the garden this morning.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English blew, from Old English blēow, from Proto-West Germanic *blē.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Her younger Siſter, that Speranza hight, / VVas clad in blew, that her beſeemed well; […]"
— 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 139:
"Straunge was her tyre, and all her garment blew, / Cloſe rownd about her tuckt with many a plight: […]"
— 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 318:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
A strong gust of wind ____ the hat right off my head.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The strong wind ____ the dry leaves across the garden this morning.