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  • 31blow up — {v.} 1a. To break or destroy or to be destroyed by explosion. * /He blew up the plane by means of a concealed bomb./ * /The fireworks factory blew up when something went wrong in an electric switch./ 1b. {informal} To explode with anger or strong …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 32blow up — {v.} 1a. To break or destroy or to be destroyed by explosion. * /He blew up the plane by means of a concealed bomb./ * /The fireworks factory blew up when something went wrong in an electric switch./ 1b. {informal} To explode with anger or strong …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 33blow — blō vt, blew blü; blown blōn; blow·ing 1) to free (the nose) of mucus and debris by forcible exhalation 2) of blowflies and flesh flies to deposit eggs or larvae on or in blow n 1) the act of some insects of depositing eggs or larva …

    Medical dictionary

  • 34blow-fly — 1720, from FLY (Cf. fly) (n.) + BLOW (Cf. blow) (v.1) in an obsolete sense to deposit eggs, to infect with eggs, in reference to to insects, apparently connected with old notions of natural history [OED] …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 35Blow-out — n. The cleaning of the flues of a boiler from scale, etc., by a blast of steam. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 36Blow Job (film) — Blow Job is a short film directed by Andy Warhol. Filmed in January 1964, the 35 minute [When projected at 16 fps.] film was shot with a 16 millimetre Bolex silent camera on black and white film. It depicts the face of an anonymous young man… …

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  • 37From — (fr[o^]m), prep. [AS. fram, from; akin to OS. fram out, OHG. & Icel. fram forward, Sw. fram, Dan. frem, Goth. fram from, prob. akin to E. forth. ?202. Cf. {Fro}, {Foremost}.] Out of the neighborhood of; lessening or losing proximity to; leaving… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 38Blow-up and Other Stories — is a collection of short stories, written by Argentinian author Julio CortázarThis article refers to the 1967, 1963 Random House Copyrighted publication of the book by this name, as translated from the Spanish by Paul Blackburn, and published by… …

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  • 39blow|ing — «BLOH ihng», noun. 1. the act of one that blows. 2. a disturbance occurring when trapped gas or steam escapes from molten metal. 3. a defect in china. 4. hard breathing …

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  • 40blow·er — /ˈblowɚ/ noun, pl ers [count] : a device that blows air a leaf blower [=a device that is used for clearing away leaves from the ground by producing a strong current of air] see also ↑snowblower, ↑whistle blower on the blower …

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