blow
part of speech
verb (blow, blows, blew, blown, blowing; blow out, blow up, blow away); noun (a blow, blows)
meaning for a pupil
1) Of wind: to move: «The wind is blowing». tree →
2) To push air out of your mouth: blow out candles, blow your nose, blow bubbles. tree →
3) Of something: to be moved by wind: «The leaves blew away». tree →
4) Blow up: to fill with air (a balloon) or to explode. tree →
5) A noun: a hard hit with a hand or a weapon. tree →
6) A noun: a sudden shock or disappointment: «Losing was a blow». tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it means to sound a horn or trumpet, and also to send wind. Interpretation: Blowing the trumpets told the camp to gather or to move. Tradition notes that a long blast was for gathering and a broken alarm for travelling. In the primary lessons: In science: moving air (wind) blows things; blowing on hot food cools it; blowing air into a balloon. In hygiene: blow your nose into a tissue. In safety: in a fire, don't blow on flames — get out; a blow to the head needs an adult. In stories: «a blow» is a hit or a bad shock; the wolf «huffed and puffed and blew the house down». Phrases: blow out, blow up, blow away, blow your nose, blow a whistle, a blow to the head, blow over (end).
examples
- Thou didst blow with Thy wind, the sea covered them; they sank as lead in the mighty waters. (Torah EXO.15.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- And when ye blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall take their journey. (Torah NUM.10.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- But when the assembly is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm. (Torah NUM.10.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- Blow the horn in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly; (Prophets JOL.2.15, JPS 1917) tree →
- Blow the horn at the new moon, at the full moon for our feast-day. (Writings PSA.81.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- Remove Thy stroke from off me; I am consumed by the blow of Thy hand. (Writings PSA.39.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- The wind is blowing hard today. tree →
- Blow out the candles and make a wish! tree →
- Blow your nose into a tissue. tree →
- My hat blew away. tree →
- Can you blow up the balloons? tree →
- The referee blew the whistle. tree →
- The boxer took a blow to the head. tree →
- Losing the final was a big blow. tree →
- The argument soon blew over. tree →
- Straws show how the wind blows. tree →
note
Irregular: blow, blew (past), blown (has blown) — not «blowed». «Blew» sounds like «blue». «Blow up» has two meanings: fill with air or explode — read the context.
In the corpora
- Thou didst blow with Thy wind, the sea covered them; they sank as lead in the mighty waters.
- And when they shall blow with them, all the congregation shall gather themselves unto thee at the door of the tent of meeting.
- And when ye blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall take their journey.
- But when the assembly is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm.
- So the people shouted, and the priests blew with the horns.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «blow» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.