Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- UK Pronunciation
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- [bloh uhp]
- /bloʊ ʌp/
- /bləʊ ʌp/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [bloh uhp]
- /bloʊ ʌp/
Definitions of blow up words
- phrasal verb blow up If someone blows something up or if it blows up, it is destroyed by an explosion. 3
- phrasal verb blow up If you blow up something such as a balloon or a tyre, you fill it with air. 3
- phrasal verb blow up If a wind or a storm blows up, the weather becomes very windy or stormy. 3
- phrasal verb blow up If you blow up at someone, you lose your temper and shout at them. 3
- phrasal verb blow up If someone blows an incident up or if it blows up, it is made to seem more serious or important than it really is. 3
- phrasal verb blow up If a photographic image is blown up, a large copy is made of it. 3
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Origin of blow up
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English blowen (v.), Old English blāwan; cognate with Latin flāre to blow
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Blow up
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
blow up popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for blow up
verb blow up
- fill — to make full; put as much as can be held into: to fill a jar with water.
- billow — When something made of cloth billows, it swells out and moves slowly in the wind.
- bloat — to swell or cause to swell, as with a liquid, air, or wind
- distend — Swell or cause to swell by pressure from inside.
- inflate — deflate
Antonyms for blow up
verb blow up
- shrivel — shrink, dry up
- ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- deflate — If you deflate someone or something, you take away their confidence or make them seem less important.
- let out — (of fur) processed by cutting parallel diagonal slashes into the pelt and sewing the slashed edges together to lengthen the pelt and to improve the appearance of the fur.
- shrink — to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
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