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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.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

blown

(bləʊn)
vb
(Phonetics & Phonology) the past participle of blow1, blow3
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.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

blown

The overdevelopment of a flower or heart-producing vegetable, such as cabbage or cauliflower.
Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
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
pursy, short-winded, winded
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"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
Translations

blown

[bləʊn]
A. PP of blow 2
B. ADJ [flower] → marchito
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
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

blown

ptp of blow2
adj flower → voll aufgeblüht; glass → mundgeblasen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
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