blown

adj

/bləʊn/UK/blaːn//bloʊn/US

Etymology

From Middle English blawen, from Old English blāƿen, blāwen, past participle of Old English blāwan. Morphologically blow + -n.

derived from blāwan
inherited from blāƿen
inherited from blawen

Definitions

1
Distended, swollen, or inflated.
- Cattle are said to be blown when gorged with green food which develops gas.
Panting and out of breath.
Formed by blowing.
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1. Under the influence of drugs, especially marijuana.
2. 5
  Stale
  Stale; worthless.
  - [T]wo or three horsemen, [...] appeared returning at full gallop, their horses much blown, and the men apparently in a disordered flight.
3. Covered with the eggs and larvae of flies
  Covered with the eggs and larvae of flies; flyblown.
4. Given a hot rod blower.
5. 8
  Having failed.
  - a blown head gasket
6. past participle of blow

The neighborhood

Derived

ale-blown, blown flap, blown glass, blown-in-the-bottle, blown-off, blown out, endblown, freeblown, full-blown, glassblown, handblown, inblown, mindblown, mouthblown, outblown, sideblown, unblown, windblown

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at blown. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at blown. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at blown

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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