blown

¹

[ blohn ]

adjective

1. inflated; swollen; expanded:

   a blown stomach.

2. destroyed, melted, inoperative, misshapen, ruined, or spoiled:

   to replace a blown fuse;

   to dispose of blown canned goods.

3. being out of breath.
4. flyblown.
5. formed by blowing:

   blown glass.

6. Automotive Slang.
   1. (of an engine) supercharged.
   2. (of a cylinder) destroyed or severely damaged under mechanical stress.

blown

²

[ blohn ]

adjective

, Horticulture.

1. fully expanded or opened, as a flower.

blown

/ bləʊn /

verb

1. the past participle of blow 1 blow 3

Word History and Origins

Origin of blown¹

First recorded in 1550–60; past participle of blow ²

Origin of blown²

First recorded before 1000; past participle of blow ³

Example Sentences

It has since grown into a full-blown campaign, which Rutter and Foley are calling Bird Names for Birds, with a petition that garnered more than 2,500 signatures and an endorsement from the nonprofit American Bird Conservancy.

From Outside Online

Single-digit temperatures combined with high winds and light precipitation to create bone-chillingly damp weather that instantly stung any exposed skin with blown ice particles.

From Outside Online

Look no further than Friday’s blown lead against the Warriors for compelling evidence.

From Washington Post

The county – after some foot-dragging and blown deadlines – provided the records.

From Voice of San Diego

Experts expect full-blown quantum computers to be ready in a decade, or longer.

From Fortune

One is reported to have blown himself up, along with many victims, but detonating a suicide vest.

From The Daily Beast

When I became aware that an intern of mine had been sexually harassed by a producer while making the film, I was blown away.

From The Daily Beast

The absent turkey had been blown clean away in the hurricane force winds, I concluded.

From The Daily Beast

I was already a full-blown movie freak by the time I was in 8th grade.

From The Daily Beast

He was blown up in July 2012 by a bomb that the Free Syrian Army claimed it planted.

From The Daily Beast

A groom is a chap, that a gentleman keeps to clean his 'osses, and be blown up, when things go wrong.

From Project Gutenberg

In Windsor Park, 960 trees were blown down and more than a thousand damaged; 146 shipwrecks occurred on the coasts.

From Project Gutenberg

The bag, being blown up, forms a wind reservoir and the amount of tone can be regulated by the pressure of the arm.

From Project Gutenberg

The wind-blown rain-makers lost their leaden hue and became a soft pearl-gray, all fleecy white around the edges.

From Project Gutenberg

The mouths of the pipes were made very wide and they were more freely blown.

From Project Gutenberg