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Blown

//blaːn// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Distended, swollen, or inflated. not-comparable

    "Cattle are said to be blown when gorged with green food which develops gas."

  2. 2
    Panting and out of breath. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Formed by blowing. not-comparable
  4. 4
    Under the influence of drugs, especially marijuana. not-comparable
  5. 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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  1. 6
    Covered with the eggs and larvae of flies; flyblown. not-comparable
  2. 7
    Given a hot rod blower. not-comparable
  3. 8
    Having failed. not-comparable

    "a blown head gasket"

Adjective
  1. 1
    breathing laboriously or convulsively wordnet
  2. 2
    being moved or acted upon by moving air or vapor wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    past participle of blow form-of, participle, past

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English blawen, from Old English blāƿen, blāwen, past participle of Old English blāwan. Morphologically blow + -n.

Etymology 2

From Middle English blawen, from Old English blāƿen, blāwen, past participle of Old English blāwan. Morphologically blow + -n.

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