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Definition of Blown
1. Adjective. Being moved or acted upon by moving air or vapor. "Blown soil mounded on the window sill"
2. Adjective. Breathing laboriously or convulsively.
Similar to: Breathless, Dyspneal, Dyspneic, Dyspnoeal, Dyspnoeic
Definition of Blown
1. p. p. & a. Swollen; inflated; distended; puffed up, as cattle when gorged with green food which develops gas.
2. p. p. & a. Opened; in blossom or having blossomed, as a flower.
Definition of Blown
1. Adjective. distended, swollen or inflated ¹
2. Adjective. panting and out of breath ¹
3. Adjective. (''glass'') formed by blowing ¹
4. Adjective. (''marijuana'') under the influence of drugs ¹
5. Verb. (past participle of blow) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Blown
1. blow [v] - See also: blow
Medical Definition of Blown
1. 1. Swollen; inflated; distended; puffed up, as cattle when gorged with green food which develops gas. 2. Stale; worthless. 3. Out of breath; tired; exhausted. "Their horses much blown." 4. Covered with the eggs and larvae of flies; fly blown. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blown
Literary usage of Blown
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society by Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) (1882)
"Ten signal-posts were blown down, falling generally to the south-eastward, and
the semaphore arms of 6 other posts were blown away. ..."
2. Transactions by North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers., Gerard H. Matthes (1879)
"Shot fired from west sido, 00 grains of powder, slide closed, no current, east
side of box blown out. 8.—Shot fired from west side, 90 grains of i>owder, ..."
3. British Poets of the Nineteenth Century: Poems by Wordsworth, Coleridge by Curtis Hidden Page (1910)
"... On seas full of wonder and peril, blown white round the capes of the north ;
Or in islands where myrtles are sterile And loves bring not forth. ..."
4. Commercial Organic Analysis by Alfred Henry Allen, Wm. A. Davis (1910)
"blown cottonseed oil and rape oil are respectively known as ... The blown oil is
usually of a clear yellow colour, with a disagreeable smell and taste ..."
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