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# blowing

«blowing» in Mova's school dictionary: **making air come out of your mouth, as when you blow out…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb form (-ing of blow: blowing); noun (blowing — rare)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Blowing means making air come out of your mouth, as when you blow out candles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blowing/#m1)

2) The wind is blowing when air moves strongly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blowing/#m2)

3) Blowing something means moving it with air, like leaves blowing across the yard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blowing/#m3)

4) Blowing your nose means pushing air out through your nose into a tissue to clear it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blowing/#m4)

5) Blowing a whistle or instrument means making a sound by pushing air into it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blowing/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In science and weather lessons, wind is moving air, and «the wind is blowing from the north» tells its direction; a wind vane shows it; strong blowing winds can make waves and storms. In hygiene, blowing your nose into a tissue, throwing it away and washing your hands stops germs spreading. Phrases: «blowing out candles», «blowing bubbles», «blowing your nose», «blowing a whistle», «blowing in the wind», «blowing up» (inflating, or exploding).

### examples

- The wind is blowing hard today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blowing/#x1)
- She is blowing out the candles on her cake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blowing/#x2)
- We were blowing bubbles in the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blowing/#x3)
- Leaves were blowing across the playground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blowing/#x4)
- He's blowing his nose into a tissue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blowing/#x5)
- The referee is blowing the whistle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blowing/#x6)
- Dad was blowing up balloons for the party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blowing/#x7)
- Cold air is blowing in from the north. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blowing/#x8)

### note

From the irregular verb blow: blow, blows, blew, blown, blowing («I blew», «It has blown»). Not «blowed». «Blowing up» can mean inflating a balloon or exploding, so read the context.

### In the corpora

- [Blowing too hard makes a recorder jump up to a shrill squeal; a soft, steady breath gives a clear note.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/1-music-lessons-and-the-recorder/5/)
- [Brass players buzz their lips into the mouthpiece; blowing without buzzing gives just a hiss.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/9-instrument-families-strings-wind-brass-percussion-keys/8/)
- [The star-nosed mole swims in North American wetlands and smells underwater by blowing little bubbles onto things and sniffing them back in.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/366-odd-looking-animals-shoebills-star-nosed-moles-saigas-pangolins-and-hagfish/8/)
- [A whistle can be heard much further away than a shout, and blowing it does not tire your voice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/47-hiking-and-the-outdoors/12/)
- [Blowing more air into a balloon packs more air inside, which pushes harder on the rubber, so it grows bigger and tighter.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/14-the-air-presses-on-everything/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «blowing» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blowing/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.