blow down
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See also: blowdown
English
[edit]Verb
[edit]blow down (third-person singular simple present blows down, present participle blowing down, simple past blew down, past participle blown down)
- (transitive) To knock over with an air current, most often wind.
- I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down.
- 1951 June, “Notes and News: Eskdale Railway Rolling Stock”, in Railway Magazine, page 424:
- Part of the shed was recently blown down in a gale and has been removed, leaving rather inadequate accommodation.
- 2020 June 3, Andrew Mourant, “A safer railway in a greener habitat”, in RAIL, page 58:
- A tree had been blown down on the track east of Chippenham. Bath Spa station became a scene of milling confusion. One minute we were told that trains were running. Then they weren't. Then they were again. Not a sound basis on which to try rejigging a business trip.
- (transitive, manufacturing) To clean off from top to bottom with an air current from a compressed air hose.
- Coordinate terms: rinse down, wash down
- Blow down this enclosure and do some chip handling before you run this machine any further.
- (television) Synonym of dirty down
- (transitive, US, slang, dated) To kill (someone) with a gun.
- (transitive, US, slang, dated) To signal to someone by blowing into a whistle.
Derived terms
[edit]- blowdown (noun)
- blow me down