blowable

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Capable of being blown or blown away

   Capable of being blown or blown away; that can be subjected to blowing.

   • The molten glass has to be the correct viscosity to be blowable.
   • The gale force wind blew every blowable object to the north, including things I didn't even know were blowable, like the roof.
   • Moreover, if resins should be eventually produced in a form in which they are "blowable," may we not find then that their properties are almost exactly like those of glass —and particularly in regard to brittleness?
2. 2

   That is operated by blowing

3. 3

   That can be achieved or produced by blowing.

   • In the following table, two sets of parameters were chosen to see how the variables influence blowable distance.
   • In conventional blow molding, a parison is first formed by extruding a heat-softened thermoplastic tube and pinching off the bottom or, alternatively, by injection molding of the blowable geometric form directly.
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   1. 4

      That can be emptied by blowing

      That can be emptied by blowing; that does not contain any large solid developing bird.

      • However, the egg proved blowable .
      • I blew the eggs: three of them were very blowable, the fourth had a large young one inside .
      • At the time of our visit on July 4, most of the young had hatched and were running about, some nests still contained young or pipped eggs and several held sets of two or three blowable eggs.
   2. 5

      That can blow, or expel air.

      • But he must have some practical principle to be guided by; for going upon the assumptions that all noses are blowable, Mr. Silver must of course blow his.
      • It was a preposterous looking small, roughly made, wooden craft powered by a gasoline motor exhausting through a hose to a float on the surface, but it sported blowable ballast tanks– the first submarine to do so.
   3. 6

      That can be blown up or blown off

      That can be blown up or blown off; subject to explosive forces.

      • Blowing the bridge wouldn't delay anyone more than a minute or two, but the Pioneers doggedly blew everything blowable, as though they were carrying out some ancient religious ritual.
      • dry blasting agent: an explosive that is blowable at charging but not pumpable.
   4. 7

      That can cease to function when overloaded.

      • The blowable fuses are used to connect the product and sum lines to the output.
      • A method for forming a thin film, blowable fuse, comprising the steps of: […]
      • The evolution of fuse technology has resulted in the electrically blowable fuse approach (eFUSE).
   5. 8

      Secret and vulnerable to being revealed.

      • The new clause provides a greater incentive for well-paid employees—those arguably more likely to have access to potentially "blowable" information .
   6. 9

      Delicate, smooth, and flawless.

      • He had an exquisite oval face. Blowable skin.
      • When she got so close to me, so close, I realized that the policewoman's skin was indeed the same as my first impression. It could almost be described as "blowable".
      • The even skin, baby-like skin, could actually be described as blowable, and the muscles that bulged out of his heart were strong enough to reflect a man's charm.
   7. 10

      That one could give a blowjob to.

      • Then you can blow every blowable object in the honeymoon suite, if you so fancy such kink.

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