BLOWING definition: the sound of any vapor or gas issuing from a vent under pressure. See examples of blowing used in a sentence.

1. To come into being: A storm blew up. 2. To fill with air; inflate: blow up a tire. 3. To enlarge (a photographic image or print). 4. To explode: bombs blowing up. 5. To lose one's temper.

To play the recorder, blow gently into the mouthpiece. A light wind was blowing. The storm uprooted trees and blew fences down. Strong winds blew the ship ashore. The referee blew his whistle for half-time.

Verb blow (third-person singular simple present blows, present participle blowing, simple past blew, past participle blown) (intransitive) To produce an air current.

If you blow bubbles or smoke rings, you make them by blowing air out of your mouth through liquid or smoke. He blew a ring of blue smoke. [VERB noun]

blowing definition: act of producing an air current. Check meanings, examples, usage tips, pronunciation, domains, and related words. Discover expressions like "how the wind is blowing", "which way the wind is blowing", "how the wind's blowing".

[intransitive, transitive] when the wind or a current of air blows, it is moving; when it blows, the wind is blowing. The birds were singing and a warm wind was blowing. + adv./prep. A cold wind blew from the east. It was blowing hard. It was blowing a gale (= there was a strong wind).