blow down

blow down

vb

(Mechanical Engineering) to open a valve in a steam boiler to eject any sediment that has collected

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Translations

cadere

w>blow down

vi (tree etc) → umfallen, umgeweht werden

vt sep (lit) → umwehen; blow me down! (inf) → Mensch(enskind)! (inf)

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