Synonyms for blown
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : blohn |
| Phonetic Transcription : bloÊŠn |
Définition of blown
Origin :- early 15c., "inflated," from Old English blawen, past participle of blow (v.1). Figurative sense of "inflated by pride" is from late 15c. Meaning "out of breath" is from 1670s. As a past participle adjective from blow (v.2), it was Old English geblowenne.
- adj buffeted
- The frolic with the child seemed to have blown away a fog from between them.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- The sides of this hill he covered with a layer of bricks that the sand might not be blown away.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- The latter had been blown down; we, however, re-erected it firmly again.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- The explosion had blown in the wall and cut off the only path by which they could descend.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- "Maybe it was blown here by the storm," suggested Tom Chist.
- Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
- The wind has been and blown the door to, and I can't get in.'
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- A lamp flickered toward her from the inner doorway and was blown out.
- Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
- Provost was tall, his silvery hair was blown about, and he had a droll face.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- The whistle was blown, the wounded officer saluted, and the train started.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- The whistle had blown, and most of the girls had hurried away to their dinner.
- Extract from : « The Green Satin Gown » by Laura E. Richards
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- Joe Blow
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