blow down en · VERB
Meanings
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(transitive) To knock over with an air current, most often wind.
A tree had been blown down on the track east of Chippenham. Bath Spa station became a scene of milling confusion. One minute we were told that trains were running. Then they weren't. Then they were again. Not a sound basis on which to try rejigging a business trip.
2020 June 3, Andrew Mourant, “A safer railway in a greener habitat”, in RAIL, page 58:Part of the shed was recently blown down in a gale and has been removed, leaving rather inadequate accommodation.
1951 June, “Notes and News: Eskdale Railway Rolling Stock”, in Railway Magazine, page 424:I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down.
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(transitive) To clean off from top to bottom with an air current from a compressed air hose.
Blow down this enclosure and do some chip handling before you run this machine any further.
- Synonym of dirty down.
- (US, dated, slang, transitive) To kill (someone) with a gun.
- (US, dated, slang, transitive) To signal to someone by blowing into a whistle.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| blowing down | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| blew down | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| blows down | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| blown down | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
Relateds
blow up · blow off · blow over · blow away
Synonyms
Translations (3)
de umwehen (to knock over with an air current) · de umpusten (to knock over with an air current) · de umblasen (to knock over with an air current)