to blow
- verb
- /bloʊ/
- Specialized
- During the demonstration, he will blow the glass into intricate forms and patterns.
That was his first try ever blindfold glass blowing in that video.
- That was his first try ever blindfold glass blowing in that video.
- And among those were the skills of glass blowing and glass and bending and working glass.
- These are made by blow molding, I think glass into a mold.
- But blow molded cases, they're never small enough.
Examples
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The parison is removed and dropped into a second mold for blowing into the final shape.
Academic text (1995) -
Blow the glass.
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The next stage is to blow the bubble up and shape it.
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That was his first try ever blindfold glass blowing in that video.
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Two types of pipes appeared most frequently in his collection: hand-blown glass and cast glass.
Academic text (2005) -
Wheaton forms its threaded glass bottles by one of two methods: press-and-blow or blow-and-blow.
Academic text (1995) -
Upstairs, a brilliant arrangement of painted glassware, blown-glass sculptures, and ivory carvings from Begram are on display.
Academic text (2008) -
The artist can blow beautiful shapes out of molten glass with incredible skill.
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She learned how to blow glass at a workshop and created stunning vases.
Idioms
- Informal
To leave a place quickly because you do not want to be there
- Offensive
Informal and rude way to use up all your energy or resources at once
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
To not attend or take part in something you should, often to do something else instead
- Informal
Do something active, like go for a run, to feel less angry or stressed
To touch your lips with one hand then move that hand toward someone to show love
To make a small round pocket of air in soapy water by puffing with your mouth
- Informal
A plan or action that fails suddenly and causes big problems for the person who planned it
- Informal
Make someone have bad back pain from lifting something heavy
Compounds
A large fly with a shiny blue-green body that lays eggs on dead animals and in wounds
- Specialized
A machine that makes hollow plastic items like bottles by heating plastic and using air to shape it
- Specialized
A machine that makes hollow plastic items like bottles by using air to push heated plastic into a mold
Surface Forms
Etymology
The craft verb blow for making glass comes directly from the old English blāwan 'to move air' and means to force air into hot glass to shape it. So a glassmaker 'blows' through a tube to make a vase or bowl.