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Word entry · 4 letters

blow

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"Hit with force"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /bləʊ/Part of speech verb, nounSorted blowStarts with BEnds with W7 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A strike, gust of air, or act of exhaling forcefully.

Word origin

From Middle English blowen, from Old English blāwan (“to blow, breathe, inflate, sound”), from Proto-West Germanic *blāan, from Proto-Germanic *blēaną (“to blow”) (compare German blähen), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to swell, blow up”) (compare Latin flō (“to blow”) and Old Armenian բեղուն (bełun, “fertile”)).

Used in a sentence

  • “Lear. Blow windes, & crack your cheeks; Rage, blow / You Cataracts, and Hyrricano's ſpout,”
  • “Tend to th' Maſters whiſtle: Blow till thou burſt thy winde, if roome enough.”
  • “Hark how it rains and blows!”

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer7 curated clues

01“Hit with force”4 letters
02“Puff of wind”4 letters
03“Puff with force”4 letters
04“Strong hit of wind”4 letters
05“Strong puff of air”4 letters
06“Use breath with force”4 letters
07“Strong burst of air”4 letters

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