Blown: Definition and part of speech

Blown

  1. p. p. of Blow
  2. p. p. & a. Swollen; inflated; distended; puffed up, as cattle when gorged with green food which develops gas.
  3. p. p. & a. Stale; worthless.
  4. p. p. & a. Out of breath; tired; exhausted.
  5. p. p. & a. Covered with the eggs and larvae of flies; fly blown.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Blow: Definition and part of speech

Blow

  1. n. An egg, or a larva, deposited by a fly on or in flesh, or the act of depositing it.
  2. v. i. To flower; to blossom; to bloom.
  3. v. t. To cause to blossom; to put forth (blossoms or flowers).
  4. n. A blossom; a flower; also, a state of blossoming; a mass of blossoms.
  5. n. A forcible stroke with the hand, fist, or some instrument, as a rod, a club, an ax, or a sword.
  6. n. A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.
  7. n. The infliction of evil; a sudden calamity; something which produces mental, physical, or financial suffering or loss (esp. when sudden); a buffet.
  8. v. i. To produce a current of air; to move, as air, esp. to move rapidly or with power; as, the wind blows.
  9. v. i. To send forth a forcible current of air, as from the mouth or from a pair of bellows.
  10. v. i. To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
  11. 1n. 1 An egg, or a larva, deposited by a fly on or in flesh, or the act of depositing it.
  12. 1v. i. 1 To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bloody flux: Definition and part of speech

Bloody flux

  1. The dysentery, a disease in which the flux or discharge from the bowels has a mixture of blood.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bloody hand: Definition and part of speech

Bloody hand

  1. A red hand, as in the arms of Ulster, which is now the distinguishing mark of a baronet of the United Kingdom.
  2. A hand stained with the blood of a deer, which, in the old forest laws of England, was sufficient evidence of a man’s trespass in the forest against venison.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bloody sweat: Definition and part of speech

Bloody sweat

  1. A sweat accompanied by a discharge of blood; a disease, called sweating sickness, formerly prevalent in England and other countries.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bloom: Definition and part of speech

Bloom

  1. n. A popular term for a bright-hued variety of some minerals; as, the rose-red cobalt bloom.
  2. n. A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud; flowers, collectively.
  3. n. The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open; as, the cherry trees are in bloom.
  4. n. A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms; as, the bloom of youth.
  5. n. The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc. Hence: Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness; a flush; a glow.
  6. n. The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture.
  7. n. A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.