blow
Base form
blow
/bləʊ/
Past simple
blew
/bluː/
Past participle
blown
/bləʊn/
MeaningA2
to send out air from your mouth; to move in the wind
to blow your nose
In use
- Imperative · Form 1Blow your nose, then wash your hands.
- After a modal verb · Form 1The wind could blow the tent away tonight.
- Past simple · Form 2Last night the wind blew a tree down across our road.
- Past simple · Form 2Yesterday the referee blew the whistle two minutes early.
- Passive · Form 3All the leaves were blown into a pile by the gate.
- Present perfect · Form 3Have you blown up all the balloons for the party?
Watch out
Blew sounds exactly like blue /bluː/: the wind blew all night. The participle is blown, never blewn or blowen: it has blown away.
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