blown
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blown 1
(blōn)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
(blōn)v.
Past participle of blow3.
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blown
(bləʊn)Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
blown1
(bloʊn)adj.
1. inflated; swollen.
2. out of breath.
3. flyblown.
4. formed by blowing: blown glass.
[past participle of blow2]
blown2
(bloʊn)adj.
fully expanded or opened, as a flower.
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blown
The overdevelopment of a flower or heart-producing vegetable, such as cabbage or cauliflower.
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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" |
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
blown
[ˈbləʊn] pp of blowblow-out n [tyre] → éclatement m
(British) (= big meal) → gueuleton m
(Australian) [amount, price] → augmentation f
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