blownadj.¹

Brit.

/bləʊn/, U.S.

/bloʊn/

Etymology: past participle of blow v.¹

1. Fanned, driven or tossed by the wind.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > blown (upon) by wind

windyOE

yblowe1377

blown1552

wind-blown1593

weather-blown?1611

breezy1717

gusty1726

windswept1791

breeze-swept1872

blastful1883

1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. iv. App. f. 203^v Saiffit, swa as be ane blawin fyre.

1747 W. Collins Odes 27 To the blown Baltic.

1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands iv. xx. 462 Blown sea-sand covers the soil.

2. Out of breath.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] > out of breath

windlessa1400

breathlessa1425

pantingc1425

breathed1599

outbreathed1600

blown1674

unbreathed1692

puffed1813

pumped-out1854

winded1883

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [adjective] > of breath: short > affected with

windlessa1400

breathlessa1425

short-breathed1470

andless1487

short-windeda1500

short-ended1595

breathed1599

outbreathed1600

strait-winded1601

anhelous1617

anheled1656

anhelant1657

suspirious1657

anhelose1661

blown1674

short-lunged1687

unbreathed1692

puffy1799

puffed1813

scant-of-wind1823

pumped-out1854

winded1883

1674 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd ii. 33 And chase the blown Deer out of their Heard.

1735 W. Somervile Chace iii. 461 Now the blown Stag..Has measur'd half the Forest.

1873 W. Black Princess of Thule x. 162 Too blown to speak.

†3. Stale, flat, that has lost its freshness; tainted.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > insipidity > [adjective]

wallowc897

smatchless?c1225

unsavoury?c1225

fresha1398

savourlessa1398

wearish1398

wershed1398

fond?c1430

unsavoured1435

palled1440

mildc1450

walsh1513

wallowish1548

dead1552

waterish1566

cold1585

flatten1594

seasonless1595

wersha1599

blown1600

flash1601

fatuous1608

tasteless1611

flat1617

insipid1620

ingustable1623

flashy1625

flatted1626

saltless1633

gustless1636

remiss1655

rheumatical1655

untasteable1656

vapid1656

exolete1657

distasted1662

vappous1673

insulse1676

toothless1679

mawkisha1697

intastable1701

waugh1703

impoignant1733

flavourless1736

instimulating1740

deadish1742

mawky1755

brineless1791

wishy-washy1791

keestless1802

shilpit1814

wish-washy1814

sapidless1821

silent1826

slushy1839

bland1878

spendsavour1879

wish-wash1896

dolled1917

spiceless1980

the world > food and drink > drink > types or qualities of beverage > [adjective] > stale or flat

dead1552

blown1600

flat1617

dolled1917

the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > having lost freshness > stale

stale1530

vinnied1563

stale1577

blown1600

1600 S. Rowlands Letting of Humors Blood vi. 75 Blowne drinke is odious, what man can disiest it?

1640 Bp. J. Hall Episcopacie ii. x. 139 Some blowne ware out of the pack of his Recognitions.

4. Breathed out, whispered, hinted.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > [adjective] > hinted or suggested

shaded1583

blowna1616

suggested1660

alluded1700

intimated1849

hinted1853

involved1864

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iii. iii. 186 When I shall turne..To such exufflicate, and blowne [1623 blow'd] surmises.

a. Inflated; swollen; formed by inflation. Also blown-up. Applied spec. to glassware formed by forcing air into molten glass.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > gas > air > [adjective] > under pressure > inflated or filled with compressed air

blownc1425

puffed1536

upblown1590

wind-blown1593

huff-pufft1608

flatuous1658

inflated1681

pneumatic1862

out-blowed-

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > glass and glass-like materials > [adjective] > other types of glass

blownc1425

Bohemian1682

grounded1698

soft1758

unsilvered1772

navelledc1817

drawn-out1822

muffled1847

ambitty1856

muffed1868

roughcast1868

Sandwich1881

fumé1883

hand-blown1885

peach-blow1886

opaque1907

mould-blown1925

offhand1941

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [adjective]

hyperbolical?a1475

overchargeda1542

magnificate1568

amplified1580

superlative1586

fulsome1602

hyperthetical?1611

hyperbolous1638

hyperbolic1646

bloata1657

exaggerated1725

overshot1774

overstuffed1808

overdrawn1841

fine-drawn1888

steep1895

larger-than-life1937

blown-up1961

c1425 Seven Sag. (P.) 2181 Grete blowen bladdyrs he brake.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iv. ii. 49 How now blowne iacke? how now quilt?

1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. iii. v. 274 Floting on a blowne bladder.

1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. I. iv. 93 Too quick a heat of the kiln expels the water from the malt in the state of steam, with such force as to burst the grain. This is called blown malt.

1831 D. Brewster Treat. Optics xii. 100 The thinnest films of blown glass.

1868 A. C. Swinburne in Fortn. Rev. July 35 A boyish torch-bearer with blown cheeks.

1961 Listener 26 Oct. 674/1 Not many people are even aware of the difference between blown glass and pressed glass.

1962 Gloss. Terms Glass Ind. (B.S.I.) 36 Blown glassware, glassware formed by air pressure produced by mouth or by a machine.

b. figurative. Inflated with pride or the like (archaic); more recently,‘exaggerated’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > swelling or inflation with pride > [adjective]

to-bollenc1175

bolledc1375

bolnedc1380

swollenc1386

blown1483

puffed?a1500

inflate?1504

bellieda1533

bladder-puffed1549

uppuffed1573

huffling1582

swellinga1586

upblown1590

tumorous1603

windy1603

windy-headed1603

huffed1605

flown1606

huff-pufft1608

puff-pasted1610

turgid1620

turgent1621

high-blown1623

tympanous1625

bladdered1633

tympaneda1634

tumoured1635

tympanied1637

enormous1641

over-leaven1648

flatulent1658

tympany-like1658

huffy1677

tumefied1677

blubbered1699

full-blown1699

bloated1731

tympanitical1772

inflated1785

pompholygous1855

overblown1864

forblown-

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 154/3 Ambrose can not be so blowen and [s]wollen as thou arte.

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xviii. 28 No blowne ambition doth our armes in sight.

1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. i. 53 A more heady blown-up ass than thou art already.

1958 A. J. P. Taylor in New Statesman 15 Nov. 664/1 The talk about homosexuals corrupting young boys is blown-up nonsense, a perverted wish-fulfilment.

1961 Listener 23 Nov. 887/1 The sorrows of a blown-up ‘pop singer’ became moving.

c. Veterinary Medicine. (See blow v.¹ 22c.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of cattle > [adjective] > other disorders of cattle

fly-bitten1598

whethered1614

belly-shot1694

tail-soaked1766

blown1833

actinomycotic1883

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [adjective] > fattened > over-fed

hoven1558

blown1833

1833 W. Youatt Compl. Grazier (ed. 6) vi. i. 316 No distemper is of more frequent occurrence among cattle than that of being swollen, blown, or hoven.

1898 in E.D.D.

1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Feb. 167/2 The combination of them causes fermentation, with disastrous results—blown cows and digestive disorders.

d. Filled with bubbles or the like. (Cf. blowing n.¹ 2c.)

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > qualities of metals > [adjective] > type of imperfection

eager1579

blown1872

cup-and-cone1881

cuppy1925

1872 Spons' Dict. Engin. V. 1548 The..result is what moulders term a blown casting; that is, its surface becomes filled with bubbles of air, rendering its texture porous and weak.

e. Of a tin of food: swollen or inflated (see blowing n.¹ 2e).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [adjective] > stale, decaying, or infested > of tin

blown1899

1899 Daily News 16 Jan. 3/3 The sanitary inspector explained that the contents of a ‘blown’ tin would ‘not taste so bad after the gas had come out’.

1955 J. G. Davis Dict. Dairying (ed. 2) 79 Blown cans of evaporated milk and canned cream.

f. colloquial. = supercharged adj. (Cf. blower n.¹ 3d.)

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [adjective] > fuel or air mixture

rich1882

stratified charge1886

supercharged1910

weak1918

swirl1926

blown1934

squish1957

unblown1959

1934 Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 35 131 Motoring..a blown model ‘model fitted with a supercharger’.

1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 99/1 Blown, a colloquial term applied to a supercharged petrol-engine.

1959 Motor 2 Sept. 92/2 Sears'..blown 4½-litre model.

1959 Motor 11 Nov. 532/3 Won the..Handicap at 125 m.p.h. in a blown Bugatti.

g. blown oil n. oil that has had air blown through it in order to increase its viscosity.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > extracted or refined oil > [noun] > distilled or refined mineral oils

oil of amber1559

neftec1575

light oil1761

white oil1763

white spirit1832

eupione1838

gas oil1839

heavy oil1849

petroleum ether1851

asboline1863

hydrocarbon oil1864

solar oil1864

mineral spirits1875

blown oil1887

phenoloid1900

1887 Analyst xii. 33 Blown or thickened oils are prepared from various seed oils, by heating the oil in a suitable tank to 70° C., and then blowing air into them through a perforated tube.

1951 R. Mayer Artist's Handbk. (new ed.) iii. 109 Heavy, viscous blown oils are prepared commercially in large quantities.

a. Plumbing. Of a joint: made with a blowpipe.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > conducting of water, etc., by channels or pipes > plumbing and pipework > [adjective] > of joint: made with blow-pipe

blown1904

1904 G. F. Goodchild & C. F. Tweney Technol. & Sci. Dict. 56/1 Blown Joint.

b. Of a fuse (see blow v.¹ 19c).

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > circuit > fuse > [adjective] > melted, fused

blown1909

1909 Installation News 3 137 We will allow 33⅓ per cent. of the nett price for all ‘blown’ cartridge fuses of our manufacture.

7. With adverbs, as blown-back, blown-down, blown-up. For blown in and out see blow v.¹ 19.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [adjective] > rebuked or scolded

ychid1387

forflitten1603

chidden1609

reproved1658

rated1808

blown-up1863

objurgated1867

trounced1898

zapped1962

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > [adjective] > brought to the ground or laid low > blown down by the wind

windfall1465

wind-fallen1563

blown-down1863

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [adjective] > bursting, shattering, or breaking into pieces > exploding or exploded

exploded1700

blown-up1905

1863 A. Trollope Small House at Allington in Cornhill Mag. Dec. 645 The clerks in this room would not infrequently be blown up... The blown-up young man would refer Mr. Kissing to his enemy.

1866Blown-up [see sense 5b].

1878 W. Morris in J. W. Mackail Life W. Morris (1899) I. 360 The blown-down tree was a fine branchy tree.

1905 Westm. Gaz. 13 Sept. 6/3 The blown-up steamer.

1926 E. Bowen Ann Lee's 196 Her forehead and blown-back hair.

8. blown malt n.

ΚΠ

1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 270/1 Brown or porter malt..is sometimes called ‘blown malt’, from its distended appearance.

Draft additions September 2016

blown-out adj. Surfing (of surf) unfavourable for surfing due to strong (onshore) wind causing rough, unstable, or choppy conditions and unrideable waves.

ΚΠ

1963 G. W. Kuhns On Surfing viii. 85 If the water becomes too choppy, the location may not be surfable. When this happens the surf is said to be blown out.

2013 R. Guisado et al. Surfing Calif. Introd. p. xvi Strong onshore winds often result in blown-out surf.

Draft additions October 2001

U.S. slang. blown away: intoxicated with drink or drugs.

ΚΠ

1969 Current Slang 3 4 Blowed away, adj., drunk.—General young adults, both sexes, Ohio.

1973 T. McGuane Ninety-two in Shade (1974) 3 Thomas Skelton was in a globe of his own hallucinatory despair, a little blown away it is true.

1987 B. A. Powe Ice Eaters ii. x. 150 He lit up a hash stick, passed it to me. The two of us got blown away.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	blown
释义	blownadj.¹ Brit. /bləʊn/, U.S. /bloʊn/ Etymology: past participle of blow v.¹ 1. Fanned, driven or tossed by the wind. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > blown (upon) by wind windyOE yblowe1377 blown1552 wind-blown1593 weather-blown?1611 breezy1717 gusty1726 windswept1791 breeze-swept1872 blastful1883 1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. iv. App. f. 203^v Saiffit, swa as be ane blawin fyre. 1747 W. Collins Odes 27 To the blown Baltic. 1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands iv. xx. 462 Blown sea-sand covers the soil. 2. Out of breath. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] > out of breath windlessa1400 breathlessa1425 pantingc1425 breathed1599 outbreathed1600 blown1674 unbreathed1692 puffed1813 pumped-out1854 winded1883 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [adjective] > of breath: short > affected with windlessa1400 breathlessa1425 short-breathed1470 andless1487 short-windeda1500 short-ended1595 breathed1599 outbreathed1600 strait-winded1601 anhelous1617 anheled1656 anhelant1657 suspirious1657 anhelose1661 blown1674 short-lunged1687 unbreathed1692 puffy1799 puffed1813 scant-of-wind1823 pumped-out1854 winded1883 1674 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd ii. 33 And chase the blown Deer out of their Heard. 1735 W. Somervile Chace iii. 461 Now the blown Stag..Has measur'd half the Forest. 1873 W. Black Princess of Thule x. 162 Too blown to speak. †3. Stale, flat, that has lost its freshness; tainted. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > insipidity > [adjective] wallowc897 smatchless?c1225 unsavoury?c1225 fresha1398 savourlessa1398 wearish1398 wershed1398 fond?c1430 unsavoured1435 palled1440 mildc1450 walsh1513 wallowish1548 dead1552 waterish1566 cold1585 flatten1594 seasonless1595 wersha1599 blown1600 flash1601 fatuous1608 tasteless1611 flat1617 insipid1620 ingustable1623 flashy1625 flatted1626 saltless1633 gustless1636 remiss1655 rheumatical1655 untasteable1656 vapid1656 exolete1657 distasted1662 vappous1673 insulse1676 toothless1679 mawkisha1697 intastable1701 waugh1703 impoignant1733 flavourless1736 instimulating1740 deadish1742 mawky1755 brineless1791 wishy-washy1791 keestless1802 shilpit1814 wish-washy1814 sapidless1821 silent1826 slushy1839 bland1878 spendsavour1879 wish-wash1896 dolled1917 spiceless1980 the world > food and drink > drink > types or qualities of beverage > [adjective] > stale or flat dead1552 blown1600 flat1617 dolled1917 the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > having lost freshness > stale stale1530 vinnied1563 stale1577 blown1600 1600 S. Rowlands Letting of Humors Blood vi. 75 Blowne drinke is odious, what man can disiest it? 1640 Bp. J. Hall Episcopacie ii. x. 139 Some blowne ware out of the pack of his Recognitions. 4. Breathed out, whispered, hinted. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > [adjective] > hinted or suggested shaded1583 blowna1616 suggested1660 alluded1700 intimated1849 hinted1853 involved1864 a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iii. iii. 186 When I shall turne..To such exufflicate, and blowne [1623 blow'd] surmises. View more context for this quotation 5. a. Inflated; swollen; formed by inflation. Also blown-up. Applied spec. to glassware formed by forcing air into molten glass. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > air > [adjective] > under pressure > inflated or filled with compressed air blownc1425 puffed1536 upblown1590 wind-blown1593 huff-pufft1608 flatuous1658 inflated1681 pneumatic1862 out-blowed- society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > glass and glass-like materials > [adjective] > other types of glass blownc1425 Bohemian1682 grounded1698 soft1758 unsilvered1772 navelledc1817 drawn-out1822 muffled1847 ambitty1856 muffed1868 roughcast1868 Sandwich1881 fumé1883 hand-blown1885 peach-blow1886 opaque1907 mould-blown1925 offhand1941 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [adjective] hyperbolical?a1475 overchargeda1542 magnificate1568 amplified1580 superlative1586 fulsome1602 hyperthetical?1611 hyperbolous1638 hyperbolic1646 bloata1657 exaggerated1725 overshot1774 overstuffed1808 overdrawn1841 fine-drawn1888 steep1895 larger-than-life1937 blown-up1961 c1425 Seven Sag. (P.) 2181 Grete blowen bladdyrs he brake. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iv. ii. 49 How now blowne iacke? how now quilt? View more context for this quotation 1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. iii. v. 274 Floting on a blowne bladder. 1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. I. iv. 93 Too quick a heat of the kiln expels the water from the malt in the state of steam, with such force as to burst the grain. This is called blown malt. 1831 D. Brewster Treat. Optics xii. 100 The thinnest films of blown glass. 1868 A. C. Swinburne in Fortn. Rev. July 35 A boyish torch-bearer with blown cheeks. 1961 Listener 26 Oct. 674/1 Not many people are even aware of the difference between blown glass and pressed glass. 1962 Gloss. Terms Glass Ind. (B.S.I.) 36 Blown glassware, glassware formed by air pressure produced by mouth or by a machine. b. figurative. Inflated with pride or the like (archaic); more recently,‘exaggerated’. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > swelling or inflation with pride > [adjective] to-bollenc1175 bolledc1375 bolnedc1380 swollenc1386 blown1483 puffed?a1500 inflate?1504 bellieda1533 bladder-puffed1549 uppuffed1573 huffling1582 swellinga1586 upblown1590 tumorous1603 windy1603 windy-headed1603 huffed1605 flown1606 huff-pufft1608 puff-pasted1610 turgid1620 turgent1621 high-blown1623 tympanous1625 bladdered1633 tympaneda1634 tumoured1635 tympanied1637 enormous1641 over-leaven1648 flatulent1658 tympany-like1658 huffy1677 tumefied1677 blubbered1699 full-blown1699 bloated1731 tympanitical1772 inflated1785 pompholygous1855 overblown1864 forblown- 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 154/3 Ambrose can not be so blowen and [s]wollen as thou arte. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xviii. 28 No blowne ambition doth our armes in sight. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. i. 53 A more heady blown-up ass than thou art already. 1958 A. J. P. Taylor in New Statesman 15 Nov. 664/1 The talk about homosexuals corrupting young boys is blown-up nonsense, a perverted wish-fulfilment. 1961 Listener 23 Nov. 887/1 The sorrows of a blown-up ‘pop singer’ became moving. c. Veterinary Medicine. (See blow v.¹ 22c.) ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of cattle > [adjective] > other disorders of cattle fly-bitten1598 whethered1614 belly-shot1694 tail-soaked1766 blown1833 actinomycotic1883 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [adjective] > fattened > over-fed hoven1558 blown1833 1833 W. Youatt Compl. Grazier (ed. 6) vi. i. 316 No distemper is of more frequent occurrence among cattle than that of being swollen, blown, or hoven. 1898 in E.D.D. 1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Feb. 167/2 The combination of them causes fermentation, with disastrous results—blown cows and digestive disorders. d. Filled with bubbles or the like. (Cf. blowing n.¹ 2c.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > qualities of metals > [adjective] > type of imperfection eager1579 blown1872 cup-and-cone1881 cuppy1925 1872 Spons' Dict. Engin. V. 1548 The..result is what moulders term a blown casting; that is, its surface becomes filled with bubbles of air, rendering its texture porous and weak. e. Of a tin of food: swollen or inflated (see blowing n.¹ 2e). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [adjective] > stale, decaying, or infested > of tin blown1899 1899 Daily News 16 Jan. 3/3 The sanitary inspector explained that the contents of a ‘blown’ tin would ‘not taste so bad after the gas had come out’. 1955 J. G. Davis Dict. Dairying (ed. 2) 79 Blown cans of evaporated milk and canned cream. f. colloquial. = supercharged adj. (Cf. blower n.¹ 3d.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [adjective] > fuel or air mixture rich1882 stratified charge1886 supercharged1910 weak1918 swirl1926 blown1934 squish1957 unblown1959 1934 Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 35 131 Motoring..a blown model ‘model fitted with a supercharger’. 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 99/1 Blown, a colloquial term applied to a supercharged petrol-engine. 1959 Motor 2 Sept. 92/2 Sears'..blown 4½-litre model. 1959 Motor 11 Nov. 532/3 Won the..Handicap at 125 m.p.h. in a blown Bugatti. g. blown oil n. oil that has had air blown through it in order to increase its viscosity. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > extracted or refined oil > [noun] > distilled or refined mineral oils oil of amber1559 neftec1575 light oil1761 white oil1763 white spirit1832 eupione1838 gas oil1839 heavy oil1849 petroleum ether1851 asboline1863 hydrocarbon oil1864 solar oil1864 mineral spirits1875 blown oil1887 phenoloid1900 1887 Analyst xii. 33 Blown or thickened oils are prepared from various seed oils, by heating the oil in a suitable tank to 70° C., and then blowing air into them through a perforated tube. 1951 R. Mayer Artist's Handbk. (new ed.) iii. 109 Heavy, viscous blown oils are prepared commercially in large quantities. 6. a. Plumbing. Of a joint: made with a blowpipe. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > conducting of water, etc., by channels or pipes > plumbing and pipework > [adjective] > of joint: made with blow-pipe blown1904 1904 G. F. Goodchild & C. F. Tweney Technol. & Sci. Dict. 56/1 Blown Joint. b. Of a fuse (see blow v.¹ 19c). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > circuit > fuse > [adjective] > melted, fused blown1909 1909 Installation News 3 137 We will allow 33⅓ per cent. of the nett price for all ‘blown’ cartridge fuses of our manufacture. 7. With adverbs, as blown-back, blown-down, blown-up. For blown in and out see blow v.¹ 19. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [adjective] > rebuked or scolded ychid1387 forflitten1603 chidden1609 reproved1658 rated1808 blown-up1863 objurgated1867 trounced1898 zapped1962 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > [adjective] > brought to the ground or laid low > blown down by the wind windfall1465 wind-fallen1563 blown-down1863 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [adjective] > bursting, shattering, or breaking into pieces > exploding or exploded exploded1700 blown-up1905 1863 A. Trollope Small House at Allington in Cornhill Mag. Dec. 645 The clerks in this room would not infrequently be blown up... The blown-up young man would refer Mr. Kissing to his enemy. 1866Blown-up [see sense 5b]. 1878 W. Morris in J. W. Mackail Life W. Morris (1899) I. 360 The blown-down tree was a fine branchy tree. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 13 Sept. 6/3 The blown-up steamer. 1926 E. Bowen Ann Lee's 196 Her forehead and blown-back hair. 8. blown malt n. ΚΠ 1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 270/1 Brown or porter malt..is sometimes called ‘blown malt’, from its distended appearance. Draft additions September 2016 blown-out adj. Surfing (of surf) unfavourable for surfing due to strong (onshore) wind causing rough, unstable, or choppy conditions and unrideable waves. ΚΠ 1963 G. W. Kuhns On Surfing viii. 85 If the water becomes too choppy, the location may not be surfable. When this happens the surf is said to be blown out. 2013 R. Guisado et al. Surfing Calif. Introd. p. xvi Strong onshore winds often result in blown-out surf. Draft additions October 2001 U.S. slang. blown away: intoxicated with drink or drugs. ΚΠ 1969 Current Slang 3 4 Blowed away, adj., drunk.—General young adults, both sexes, Ohio. 1973 T. McGuane Ninety-two in Shade (1974) 3 Thomas Skelton was in a globe of his own hallucinatory despair, a little blown away it is true. 1987 B. A. Powe Ice Eaters ii. x. 150 He lit up a hash stick, passed it to me. The two of us got blown away. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). blownadj.² Etymology: see blow v.² In bloom; that has blossomed. Cf. full-blown adj.² ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [adjective] > having flowers or blossom > in bloom blownc1000 full-blown1576 flowering1592 in beauty1629 flowered1633 in bloom1645 new-blown1656 blooming1664 blowing1667 in flower1697 in (their) flowers1697 abloom1729 blow1744 aflower1869 c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 146 Geblowenne wyrta. a1250 Owl & Nightingale 1636 Þe nihtegale..hupte uppon on blowe ris. a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. xiii. 38 The blowne Rose. View more context for this quotation 1832 Ld. Tennyson Lotos-eaters: Choric Song i, in Poems (new ed.) 111 Petals from blown roses on the grass. 1865 A. C. Swinburne Match in Poems & Ballads 5 Blown fields and flowerful closes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.¹c1425adj.²c1000
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