Blow vs Up - What's the difference?
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Blue.
To produce an air current.
* 1606 , , King Lear , act 3, sc. 2:
* Walton
To propel by an air current.
To be propelled by an air current.
To create or shape by blowing; as in to blow bubbles'', ''to blow glass .
To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.
To clear of contents by forcing air through.
To cause to make sound by blowing, as a musical instrument.
To make a sound as the result of being blown.
* Milton
(of a cetacean) To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while feeding.
To explode.
To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed.
To cause sudden destruction of.
To suddenly fail destructively.
(slang) To be very undesirable (see also suck).
(slang) To recklessly squander.
(vulgar) To fellate.
To leave.
To make flyblown, to defile, especially with fly eggs.
* 1606 , , Act V, scene 2, line 55.
* 1610 , , act 3 scene 1
(obsolete) To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.
* Dryden
* Whiting
(obsolete) To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.
* Shakespeare
To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
* Shakespeare
To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.
(obsolete) To talk loudly; to boast; to storm.
* Bartlett
A strong wind.
(informal) A chance to catch one’s breath.
(uncountable, US, slang) Cocaine.
(uncountable, UK, slang) Cannabis.
(uncountable, US Chicago Regional, slang) Heroin.
The act of striking or hitting.
A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.
* T. Arnold
A damaging occurrence.
* Shakespeare
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To blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom.
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* 1784 , William Cowper, Tirocinium; or, A Review of Schools
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Away from the centre of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
(intensifier) (Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state) Thoroughly, completely.
To or from one's possession or consideration.
North.
To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
(rail transport) Traditional term for the direction leading to the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.
(sailing) Against the wind or current.
(Cartesian graph) In a positive vertical direction.
(cricket) Relatively close to the batsman.
(hospitality) Without additional ice.
(UK, academia) Towards Cambridge or Oxford.
* 1867 , John Timbs, Lives of wits and humourists , p. 125
* 1998 , Rita McWilliams Tullberg, Women at Cambridge , p. 112
* 2002 , Peter Harman, Cambridge Scientific Minds , p. 79
To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by to'' or ''with .
To or in a state of completion; completely; wholly; quite.
Aside, so as not to be in use.
Toward the top of.
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Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.
Further along (in any direction).
From south to north of
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Awake.
Finished, to an end
In a good mood.
Willing; ready.
Next in a sequence.
Happening; new.
Facing upwards; facing toward the top.
Larger, greater in quantity.
Standing.
On a higher level.
* 1925 , Walter Anthony and Tom Reed (titles), , silent movie
Available; made public.
Well-informed; current.
(computing) Functional; working.
(of a railway line or train) Traveling towards a major terminus.
Headed, or designated to go, upward, as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.
(bar tending) Chilled and strained into a stemmed glass.
(slang) Erect.
(of the Sun or Moon) Above the horizon, in the sky (i.e. during daytime or night-time)
* 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4
(slang, graffiti) well-known; renowned
* 1996 , Matthew Busby Hunt, The Sociolinguistics of Tagging and Chicano Gang Graffiti (page 71)
* 2009 , Gregory J. Snyder, Graffiti Lives: Beyond the Tag in New York's Urban Underground (pages 16-40)
* 2011 , Adam Melnyk, Visual Orgasm: The Early Years of Canadian Graffiti
(uncountable) The direction opposed to the pull of gravity.
(countable) A positive thing.
An upstairs room of a two story house.
(colloquial) To increase or raise.
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(colloquial) To promote.
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To act suddenly, usually with another verb.
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As verbs the difference between blow and up
is that blow is to produce an air current or blow can be to blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom while up is to upturn, to turn over.As an adjective blow
is blue.As a noun blow
is a strong wind or blow can be the act of striking or hitting or blow can be a mass or display of flowers; a yield.blow
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) blo, bloo, from (etyl) .Adjective
(en-adj)Etymology 2
From (etyl) blowen, from (etyl) ).Verb
- "Blow', winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! ' blow !"
- Hark how it rains and blows !
- Blow the dust off that book and open it up.
- The leaves blow through the streets in the fall.
- to blow the fire
- to blow an egg
- to blow one's nose
- In the harbor, the ships' horns blew .
- There let the pealing organ blow .
- There's nothing more thrilling to the whale watcher than to see a whale surface and blow .
- There she blows ! (i.e. "I see a whale spouting!")
- Get away from that burning gas tank! It's about to blow !
- The demolition squad neatly blew the old hotel up.
- The aerosol can was blown to bits.
- He blew the tires and the engine.
- He tried to sprint, but his ligaments blew and he was barely able to walk to the finish line.
- This blows !
- I managed to blow $1000 at blackjack in under an hour.
- I blew $35 thou on a car.
- We blew an opportunity to get benign corporate sponsorship.
- Who did you have to blow to get those backstage passes?
- Let's blow this joint.
- Shall they hoist me up,
And show me to the shouting varletry
Of censuring Rome? Rather a ditch in Egypt
Be gentle grave unto me, rather on Nilus' mud
Lay me stark naked, and let the water-flies
Blow me into abhorring!
- (FERDINAND)
- I am, in my condition,
- A prince, Miranda; I do think, a king;—
- I would not so!—and would no more endure
- This wooden slavery than to suffer
- The flesh-fly blow my mouth.
- Through the court his courtesy was blown .
- His language does his knowledge blow .
- Look how imagination blows him.
- Here is Mistress Page at the door, sweating and blowing .
- to blow a horse
- (Sir Walter Scott)
- You blow behind my back, but dare not say anything to my face.
Derived terms
* blow a gasket * blow a kiss * blow apart * blow away * blower * blowhard * blow hot and cold * blowhorn * blow it * blowjob * blow me * blow off * blow off steam * blow one's horn * blow one's nose * blow one's top * blow one's trumpet * blow out * blowout * blow over * blow someone out of the water * blow someone's brains out * blow someone's mind * blow someone's socks off * blow the whistle * blow up * blow upon * blowup * blow up in one's face * glassblower * mind-blowing * there she blowsNoun
(en noun)- We're having a bit of a blow this afternoon.
- The players were able to get a blow during the last timeout.
Etymology 3
(etyl) blowe, blaw, northern variant of , Middle Dutch blouwen). Related to block.Noun
(en noun)- A fabricator is used to direct a sharp blow to the surface of the stone.
- During an exchange to end round 13, Duran landed a blow to the midsection.
- A vigorous blow might win [Hanno's camp].
- A further blow to the group came in 1917 when Thomson died while canoeing in Algonquin Park.
- a most poor man, made tame to fortune's blows
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Synonyms
* (The act of striking) bace, strike, hit, punch * (A damaging occurrence) disaster, calamityDerived terms
* blow-by-blow * body blow * come to blows * low blowEtymology 4
(etyl) blowen, from (etyl) 'to bloom').Verb
- You seem to me as in her orb,
- As chaste as is the bud ere it be blown ;
- How blows the citron grove.
- Boys are at best but pretty buds unblown ,
- Whose scent and hues are rather guessed than known;
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English
(part of speech is dubious for many senses) (wikipedia up)Adverb
(-)- I looked up and saw the airplane overhead.
- I will mix up the puzzle pieces.
- Tear up the contract.
- He really messed up .
- Please type up our monthly report.
- I picked up some milk on the way home.
- The committee will take up your request.
- She had to give up her driver's license after the accident.
- I will go up to New York to visit my family this weekend.
- Gold has gone up with the uncertainty in the world markets.
- Turn it up , I can barely hear it.
- Listen to your voice go up at the end of a question.
- Cheer up , the weekend's almost here.
- The bowler pitched the ball up .
- Would you like that drink up or on ice?
- She's going up to read Classics this September.
- The son of the Dean of Lichfield was only three years older than Steele, who was a lad of only twelve, when at the age of fifteen, Addison went up to Oxford.
- Others insinuated that women 'crowded up to Cambridge', not for the benefits of a higher education, but because of the proximity of 2,000 young men.
- A precocious mathematician, Babbage was already well versed in the Continental mathematical notations when he went up to Cambridge.
- I was up to my chin in water.
- A stranger came up and asked me for directions.
- Drink up . The pub is closing.
- Can you sum up your research?
- The comet burned up in the atmosphere.
- I need to sew up the hole in this shirt.
- to lay up''' riches; put '''up your weapons
Antonyms
* (away from the centre of the Earth) down * (louder) down * (higher in pitch) down * (towards the principal terminus) downDerived terms
* all it's cracked up to be * back up * backup * bottoms up * bottom-up * blow up * break up * buck up * build up * burn up * clog up * cloud up * clean up * clear up * close up * crack up * cut up * double up * dress up * dry up * eat up * finish up * gang up * gang up on * go up * kick up * knock up * lash up * let up * look up * lookup * muck up * one-up * one-upmanship * open up * polish up * run up * runner up * runup * shake up * shoot up * show up * shut up * stir up * stop up * turn up * up a tree * up to * up to it * upon * upper * uppity * upto * upward * upwards * walkup * wet up * work up * write upPreposition
(English prepositions)- Though the storm raged up the East Coast, it has become increasingly apparent that New Jersey took the brunt of it.
Antonyms
* (toward the top of) downDerived terms
* give up * pick up * put up * ring up * take up * throw up * up a creek * up someone's alleyAdjective
(-)- I can’t believe it’s 3 a.m. and you’re still up .
- Time is up !
- I’m feeling up today.
- If you are up for a trip, let’s go.
- Smith is up to bat.
- What is up with that project at headquarters?
- Put the notebook face up on the table.
- Take a break and put your feet up .
- Sales are up from last quarter.
- Get up and give her your seat.
- ‘The Phantom! The Phantom is up from the cellars again!’
- The new notices are up as of last Tuesday.
- I’m not up on the latest news. What’s going on?
- Is the server back up ?
- The London train is on the up line.
- A Cosmopolitan is typically served up .
- I have said I was still in darkness, yet it was not the blackness of the last night; and looking up into the inside of the tomb above, I could see the faintest line of light at one corner, which showed the sun was up .
- Being "up" means having numerous graffiti in the tagging landscape.
- Graffiti writers want their names seen by writers and others so that they will be famous. Therefore writers are very serious about any opportunity to “get up'.” The throw-up became one of the fundamental techniques for getting ' up , and thereby gaining recognition and fame.
- From his great rooftop pieces, selected for high visibility, to his sneaky tags and fun loving stickers, he most certainly knows how to get up .
Antonyms
* (facing upwards) down * (on a higher level) down * down * (traveling towards a major terminus) downDerived terms
* know which end is up * up and running * up for grabs * upside * upside downNoun
(en-noun)- Up is a good way to go.
- I hate almost everything about my job. The only up is that it's so close to home.
- She lives in a two-up two-down.
Usage notes
* Up is not commonly used as object of a preposition.Antonyms
* (direction opposed to the pull of gravity) downDerived terms
* ups and downsVerb
(upp)- If we up the volume, we'll be able to make out the details.
- We upped anchor and sailed away.
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- It wasn’t long before they upped him to Vice President.
- He just upped and quit.
- He upped and punched that guy.
- And she didn't leave a letter, she just upped and ran away.