Kilo Lingo

blow

/bləʊ/

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Translation

To push air out of your mouth, or the way the wind moves the air.

Word origin

From Old English blawan, meaning to move air, as the wind does.

Origin
Old English
Root
blawan

Grammar

Verb typeirregular (blow, blows, blew)

Irregular verb. A full conjugation table for irregular verbs is coming soon. For now, use a reference like Wordreference or RAE.

Examples

soup cool .

"Blow" means to push air out of your mouth.

winter.

"Blows" is the form used with he, she, or it.

candles.

"Blew" is the past form of "blow".

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This word is part of lesson 14.