Blow \Blow\, v. t.
   1. To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other
      means; as, to blow the fire.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To drive by a current air; to impel; as, the tempest blew
      the ship ashore.
      [1913 Webster]

            Off at sea northeast winds blow
            Sabean odors from the spicy shore.    --Milton.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. To cause air to pass through by the action of the mouth,
      or otherwise; to cause to sound, as a wind instrument; as,
      to blow a trumpet; to blow an organ; to blow a horn.
      [1913 Webster]

            Hath she no husband
            That will take pains to blow a horn before her?
                                                  --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

            Boy, blow the pipe until the bubble rise,
            Then cast it off to float upon the skies. --Parnell.
      [1913 Webster]

   4. To clear of contents by forcing air through; as, to blow
      an egg; to blow one's nose.
      [1913 Webster]

   5. To burst, shatter, or destroy by an explosion; -- usually
      with up, down, open, or similar adverb; as, to blow up a
      building.
      [1913 Webster]

   6. To spread by report; to publish; to disclose; to reveal,
      intentionally or inadvertently; as, to blow an agent's
      cover.
      [1913 Webster]

            Through the court his courtesy was blown. --Dryden.
      [1913 Webster]

            His language does his knowledge blow. --Whiting.
      [1913 Webster]

   7. To form by inflation; to swell by injecting air; as, to
      blow bubbles; to blow glass.
      [1913 Webster]

   8. To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.
      [1913 Webster]

            Look how imagination blows him.       --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   9. To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue; as,
      to blow a horse. --Sir W. Scott.
      [1913 Webster]

   10. To deposit eggs or larv[ae] upon, or in (meat, etc.).
       [1913 Webster]

             To suffer
             The flesh fly blow my mouth.         --Shak.
       [1913 Webster]

   11. To perform an act of fellatio on; to stimulate another's
       penis with one's mouth; -- usually considered vulgar.
       [slang]
       [PJC]

   12. to smoke (e. g. marijuana); to blow pot. [colloq.]
       [PJC]

   13. to botch; to bungle; as, he blew his chance at a good job
       by showing up late for the interview. [colloq.]
       [PJC]

   14. to leave; to depart from; as, to blow town. [slang]
       [PJC]

   15. to squander; as, he blew his inheritance gambling.
       [colloq.]
       [PJC]

   To blow great guns, to blow furiously and with roaring
      blasts; -- said of the wind at sea or along the coast.

   To blow off, to empty (a boiler) of water through the
      blow-off pipe, while under steam pressure; also, to eject
      (steam, water, sediment, etc.) from a boiler.

   To blow one's own trumpet, to vaunt one's own exploits, or
      sound one's own praises.

   To blow out, to extinguish by a current of air, as a
      candle.

   To blow up.
       (a) To fill with air; to swell; as, to blow up a bladder
           or bubble.
       (b) To inflate, as with pride, self-conceit, etc.; to
           puff up; as, to blow one up with flattery. "Blown up
           with high conceits engendering pride." --Milton.
       (c) To excite; as, to blow up a contention.
       (d) To burst, to raise into the air, or to scatter, by an
           explosion; as, to blow up a fort.
       (e) To scold violently; as, to blow up a person for some
           offense. [Colloq.]
           [1913 Webster]

                 I have blown him up well -- nobody can say I
                 wink at what he does.            --G. Eliot.
           [1913 Webster]

   To blow upon.
       (a) To blast; to taint; to bring into discredit; to
           render stale, unsavory, or worthless.
       (b) To inform against. [Colloq.]
           [1913 Webster]

                 How far the very custom of hearing anything
                 spouted withers and blows upon a fine passage,
                 may be seen in those speeches from
                 [Shakespeare's] Henry V. which are current in
                 the mouths of schoolboys.        --C. Lamb.
           [1913 Webster]

                 A lady's maid whose character had been blown
                 upon.                            --Macaulay.
           [1913 Webster]