blew

CEFRA2

/bl(j)uː/

verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    be in motion due to some air or water current.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    past participle of blow

Examples

  • Immediately after it caught fire, the chemical factory blew up.

  • The sky grew darker and darker, and the wind blew harder and harder.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Also pronounced

  • /blɪʊ̯/

Deep Dive

More examples

In context

  • The wind blew in gusts.

  • Her younger Siſter, that Speranza hight, / VVas clad in blew, that her beſeemed well; […]

  • Straunge was her tyre, and all her garment blew, / Cloſe rownd about her tuckt with many a plight: […]

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

A strong gust of wind blank the hat right off my head.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

From Middle English blew, from Old English blēow, from Proto-West Germanic *blē.