blown

[ blohn ]

/ bloʊn /

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adjective

inflated; swollen; expanded: a blown stomach.

destroyed, melted, inoperative, misshapen, ruined, or spoiled: to replace a blown fuse; to dispose of blown canned goods.

being out of breath.

flyblown.

formed by blowing: blown glass.

Automotive Slang.

(of an engine) supercharged.
(of a cylinder) destroyed or severely damaged under mechanical stress.

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Origin of blown

Past participle of blow²

Words nearby blown

blow job, blowlamp, blow mold, blow-molded, blow moulding, blown, blown-up, blowoff, blow off steam, blow on, blow one's brains out

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blown²

[ blohn ]

/ bloʊn /

adjective Horticulture.

fully expanded or opened, as a flower.

Origin of blown

Past participle of blow³

How to use blown in a sentence

It has since grown into a full-blown campaign, which Rutter and Foley are calling Bird Names for Birds, with a petition that garnered more than 2,500 signatures and an endorsement from the nonprofit American Bird Conservancy.
Inside the Movement to Abolish Colonialist Bird Names|Nathalie Alonso|February 12, 2021|Outside Online
Single-digit temperatures combined with high winds and light precipitation to create bone-chillingly damp weather that instantly stung any exposed skin with blown ice particles.
The Kora Xenolith Is My Secret Weapon Against the Cold|Wes Siler|February 2, 2021|Outside Online
Look no further than Friday’s blown lead against the Warriors for compelling evidence.
The Clippers don’t look ready to seriously challenge the Lakers|Ben Golliver|January 11, 2021|Washington Post
The county – after some foot-dragging and blown deadlines – provided the records.
These Stories Changed San Diego in 2020|Sara Libby|December 31, 2020|Voice of San Diego

Experts expect full-blown quantum computers to be ready in a decade, or longer.
Quantum computing is entering a new dimension|rhhackettfortune|December 3, 2020|Fortune
One is reported to have blown himself up, along with many victims, but detonating a suicide vest.
Taliban: We Slaughtered 100+ Kids Because Their Parents Helped America|Sami Yousafzai|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When I became aware that an intern of mine had been sexually harassed by a producer while making the film, I was blown away.
A Rallying Cry Against the Oversexualization of Our Youth|Darryl Roberts|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The absent turkey had been blown clean away in the hurricane force winds, I concluded.
Confessions of a Turkey Killer|Tom Sykes|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I was already a full-blown movie freak by the time I was in 8th grade.
The Stacks: Pauline Kael's Talking Heads Obsession|Pauline Kael|November 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was blown up in July 2012 by a bomb that the Free Syrian Army claimed it planted.
Digital Doublethink: Playing Truth or Dare with Putin, Assad and ISIS|Christopher Dickey, Anna Nemtsova|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A groom is a chap, that a gentleman keeps to clean his 'osses, and be blown up, when things go wrong.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
In Windsor Park, 960 trees were blown down and more than a thousand damaged; 146 shipwrecks occurred on the coasts.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
The bag, being blown up, forms a wind reservoir and the amount of tone can be regulated by the pressure of the arm.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building|George Laing Miller
The wind-blown rain-makers lost their leaden hue and became a soft pearl-gray, all fleecy white around the edges.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
The mouths of the pipes were made very wide and they were more freely blown.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building|George Laing Miller

British Dictionary definitions for blown

blown

/ (bləʊn) /

verb

the past participle of blow 1, blow 3

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