Blown

Quick meaning: Blown is an adjective meaning Distended, swollen, or inflated.

Meaning

Distended, swollen, or inflated.

More Meanings

1. Panting and out of breath.
2. (of glass) Formed by blowing.
3. Under the influence of drugs, especially marijuana.
4. Covered with the eggs and larvae of flies; flyblown.
5. (automotive) Given a hot rod blower.
6. Having failed.
7. (obsolete) Stale; worthless.

Example Sentences

a blown head gasket

Cattle are said to be blown when gorged with green food which develops gas.

[T]wo or three horsemen, [...] appeared returning at full gallop, their horses much blown, and the men apparently in a disordered flight.

Attempts by Waterloo signalmen to clear the points by power operation eventually exhausted point motor batteries, which are fed by trickle chargers, and a blown fuse accentuated the problem; thus, even when the points had been cleared of ice, no power was available to operate them until the batteries were sufficiently recharged.

Word Forms

• blowne

Synonyms for blown

Depending on context, synonyms include bulled, tumid, puffed, blazed, reefed, spaced-out.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include gasping, breathless, winded, short-winded, pursy, panting.

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