to flower; to blossom; to bloom.-to cause to blossom; to put forth (blossoms or flowers).-a blossom; a flower; also, a state of blossoming; a mass of blossoms.-a forcible stroke with the hand, fist, or some instrument, as a rod, a club, an ax, or a sword.-a sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.-the infliction of evil; a sudden calamity; something which produces mental, physical, or financial suffering or loss (esp. when sudden); a buffet.-to produce a current of air; to move, as air, esp. to move rapidly or with power; as, the wind blows.-to send forth a forcible current of air, as from the mouth or from a pair of bellows.-to breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.-to sound on being blown into, as a trumpet.-to spout water, etc., from the blowholes, as a whale.-to be carried or moved by the wind; as, the dust blows in from the street.-to talk loudly; to boast; to storm.-to force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means; as, to blow the fire.-to drive by a current air; to impel; as, the tempest blew the ship ashore.-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 clear of contents by forcing air through; as, to blow an egg; to blow one's nose.-to burst, shatter, or destroy by an explosion; -- usually with up, down, open, or similar adverb; as, to blow up a building.-to spread by report; to publish; to disclose.-to form by inflation; to swell by injecting air; as, to blow bubbles; to blow glass.-to inflate, as with pride; to puff up.-to put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue; as, to blow a horse.-to deposit eggs or larvae upon, or in (meat, etc.).-a blowing, esp., a violent blowing of the wind; a gale; as, a heavy blow came on, and the ship put back to port.-the act of forcing air from the mouth, or through or from some instrument; as, to give a hard blow on a whistle or horn; to give the fire a blow with the bellows.-the spouting of a whale.-a single heat or operation of the bessemer converter.-an egg, or a larva, deposited by a fly on or in flesh, or the act of depositing it.