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blown

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blown 1  (bln)
v.
Past participle of blow1.
adj.
1. Swollen or inflated; distended.
2. Out of breath; panting.
3. Flyblown.
4. Formed by blowing: blown glass.

blown 2  (bln)
v.
Past participle of blow3.

blown [bləʊn]
vb
(Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) the past participle of blow1 and blow3
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.blown - being moved or acted upon by moving air or vapor; "blown clouds of dust choked the riders"; "blown soil mounded on the window sill"
moving - in motion; "a constantly moving crowd"; "the moving parts of the machine"
2.blown - breathing laboriously or convulsively
breathless, dyspneal, dyspneic, dyspnoeal, dyspnoeic - not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty; "breathless at thought of what I had done"; "breathless from running"; "followed the match with breathless interest"
Translations
blown [bləʊn]
A. PP of blow 2
B. ADJ [flower] → marchito
blown [ˈbləʊn] pp of blow
blow-out n
[tyre] → éclatement m
(British) (= big meal) → gueuleton m
(Australian) [amount, price] → augmentation f
blown ptp of blow2
adj flowervoll aufgeblüht; glassmundgeblasen


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For the Captain says if we go on deck we may be blown overboard.
I gather the larkspur Over the hillside, Blown mid the chaos Of boulder and bellbine; Hating the tyrant Who made me an outcast, Who of his leisure Now spares me no moment: Drinking the mountain spring, Shading at noon-day Under the cypress My limbs from the sun glare.
But the big breaths of rough fresh air blown over the heather filled her lungs with something which was good for her whole thin body and whipped some red color into her cheeks and brightened her dull eyes when she did not know anything about it.
 
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