blowing

(noun) processing that involves blowing a gas.

(verb) exhale hard. Synonyms: blow. Example: "Blow on the soup to cool it down."

(verb) be blowing or storming. Synonyms: blow. Example: "The wind blew from the west."

(verb) free of obstruction by blowing air through. Synonyms: blow. Example: "Blow one's nose."

(verb) be in motion due to some air or water current. Synonyms: float, drift, be adrift, blow. Examples: "The leaves were blowing in the wind." "The boat drifted on the lake." "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea." "The shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore."

(verb) make a sound as if blown. Synonyms: blow. Example: "The whistle blew."

(verb) shape by blowing. Synonyms: blow. Example: "Blow a glass vase."

(verb) make a mess of, destroy or ruin. Synonyms: botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up. Examples: "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out." "The pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement."

(verb) spend thoughtlessly; throw away. Synonyms: waste, blow, squander. Examples: "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends." "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree."

(verb) spend lavishly or wastefully on. Synonyms: blow. Example: "He blew a lot of money on his new home theater."

(verb) sound by having air expelled through a tube. Synonyms: blow. Example: "The trumpets blew."

(verb) play or sound a wind instrument. Synonyms: blow. Example: "She blew the horn."

(verb) provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation. Synonyms: fellate, suck, blow, go down on.

(verb) cause air to go in, on, or through. Synonyms: blow. Example: "Blow my hair dry."

(verb) cause to move by means of an air current. Synonyms: blow. Example: "The wind blew the leaves around in the yard."

(verb) spout moist air from the blowhole. Synonyms: blow. Example: "The whales blew."

(verb) leave; informal or rude. Synonyms: shove off, shove along, blow. Examples: "Shove off!." "The children shoved along." "Blow now!."

(verb) lay eggs. Synonyms: blow. Example: "Certain insects are said to blow."

(verb) cause to be revealed and jeopardized. Synonyms: blow. Examples: "The story blew their cover." "The double agent was blown by the other side."

(verb) show off. Synonyms: boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade.

(verb) allow to regain its breath. Synonyms: blow. Example: "Blow a horse."

(verb) melt, break, or become otherwise unusable. Synonyms: blow out, burn out, blow. Examples: "The lightbulbs blew out." "The fuse blew."

(verb) burst suddenly. Synonyms: blow. Examples: "The tire blew." "We blew a tire."