(blown up)
1Blown — Blown, p. p. & a. 1. Swollen; inflated; distended; puffed up, as cattle when gorged with green food which develops gas. [1913 Webster] 2. Stale; worthless. [1913 Webster] 3. Out of breath; tired; exhausted. Their horses much blown. Sir W. Scott.… …
2Blown — Blown, p. p. & a. Opened; in blossom or having blossomed, as a flower. Shak. [1913 Webster] …
3blown — blown; un·blown; …
4blown — blown1 [blōn] vi., vt. pp. of BLOW1 adj. 1. swollen or bloated 2. out of breath, as from exertion 3. flyblown 4. made by blowing or by using a blowpipe, etc. blown2 [blōn] …
5blown up — index inflated (enlarged) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
6blown — [bləun US bloun] the past participle of ↑blow …
7blown — the past participle of blow1 …
8blown — early 15c., inflated, adjective from O.E. blawen, pp. of BLOW (Cf. blow) (v.1). Figurative sense of inflated by pride is from late 15c. Meaning out of breath is from 1670s. As a pp. adjective from BLOW (Cf. blow) (v.2), it was O.E. geblowenne …
9blown — adjective breathing hard; exhausted. → blow blown1 past participle of blow1. adjective informal (of a vehicle) provided with a turbocharger. blown2 past participle of blow3 …
10blown-up — adjective as of a photograph; made larger the enlarged photograph revealed many details • Syn: ↑enlarged • Similar to: ↑large, ↑big * * * ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective : enlarged …
