Blown
//blaːn// adj, verb
adj, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 past participle of blow form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Distended, swollen, or inflated. not-comparable
"Cattle are said to be blown when gorged with green food which develops gas."
- 2 Panting and out of breath. not-comparable
- 3 Formed by blowing. not-comparable
- 4 Under the influence of drugs, especially marijuana. not-comparable
- 5 Stale; worthless. not-comparable, obsolete
"[T]wo or three horsemen, [...] appeared returning at full gallop, their horses much blown, and the men apparently in a disordered flight."
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- 6 Covered with the eggs and larvae of flies; flyblown. not-comparable
- 7 Given a hot rod blower. not-comparable
- 8 Having failed. not-comparable
"a blown head gasket"
Adjective
- 1 breathing laboriously or convulsively wordnet
- 2 being moved or acted upon by moving air or vapor wordnet
Example
More examples"We got our roof blown off in the gale."
Etymology
From Middle English blawen, from Old English blāƿen, blāwen, past participle of Old English blāwan. Morphologically blow + -n.
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