Blow Up meanings. All definitions of Blow Up

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

countable noun blow up A blow-up is a photograph or picture that has been made bigger. 3

countable noun blow up A blow-up is a sudden fierce argument. 3

verb blow up to explode or cause to explode 3

verb blow up to increase the importance of (something) 3

verb blow up to come into consideration 3

verb blow up to come into existence with sudden force 3

verb blow up to lose one's temper (with a person) 3

verb blow up to reprimand (someone) 3

verb blow up to enlarge the size or detail of (a photograph) 3

noun blow up an explosion 3

noun blow up an enlarged photograph or part of a photograph 3

noun blow up a fit of temper or argument 3

noun blow up a reprimand 3

adjective blow up designed to be inflated by air or breath 3

noun blow up to fill with or as with air or gas 3

noun blow up to burst or explode 3

noun blow up to arise and become more intense, as a storm 3

noun blow up to enlarge (a photograph) 3

noun blow up to exaggerate (an incident, rumor, etc.) 3

noun blow up to lose one's temper or poise 3

noun Technical meaning of blow up 1. Of a scientific computation: to become unstable. It suggests that the computation is diverging so rapidly that it will soon overflow or at least go nonlinear. 2. blow out. 1

intransitivephrasal verb blow up explode 1

transitivephrasal verb blow up detonate 1

transitivephrasal verb blow up photograph: enlarge 1

intransitivephrasal verb blow up get angry 1

verb without object blow up (of the wind or air) to be in motion. 1

verb without object blow up to move along, carried by or as by the wind: Dust seemed to blow through every crack in the house. 1

verb without object blow up to produce or emit a current of air, as with the mouth or a bellows: Blow on your hands to warm them. 1

verb without object blow up (of a horn, trumpet, etc.) to give out sound. 1

verb without object blow up to make a blowing sound; whistle: The siren blew just as we rounded the corner. 1

verb without object blow up (of horses) to breathe hard or quickly; pant. 1

verb without object blow up Informal. to boast; brag: He kept blowing about his medals. 1

verb without object blow up Zoology. (of a whale) to spout. 1

verb without object blow up (of a fuse, light bulb, vacuum tube, tire, etc.) to burst, melt, stop functioning, or be destroyed by exploding, overloading, etc. (often followed by out): A fuse blew just as we sat down to dinner. The rear tire blew out. 1

verb without object blow up to burst from internal pressure: Poorly sealed cans will often blow. 1

verb without object blow up Slang. to leave; depart. 1

verb with object blow up to drive by means of a current of air: A sudden breeze blew the smoke into the house. 1

verb with object blow up to spread or make widely known: Growing panic blew the rumor about. 1

verb with object blow up to drive a current of air upon. 1

verb with object blow up to clear or empty by forcing air through: Try blowing your nose. 1

verb with object blow up to shape (glass, smoke, etc.) with a current of air: to blow smoke rings. 1

verb with object blow up to cause to sound, as by a current of air: Blow your horn at the next crossing. 1

verb with object blow up Jazz. to play (a musical instrument of any kind). 1

verb with object blow up to cause to explode (often followed by up, to bits, etc.): A mine blew the ship to bits. 1

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