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Blow Over

Definition: Blow Over

Blow Over

Verb

1. Disappear gradually; as of emotions, for example; "The pain eventually passed off".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Blow Over

Synonyms: evanesce (v), fade (v), fleet (v), pass (v), pass off (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Blow Over

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

The Past

Verb: be past; Adjective: have expired; Adjective:, have run its course, have had its day; pass; pass by, go by, pass away, go away, pass off, go off; lapse, blow over.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Blow Over

English words defined with "blow over": Overblow. (references)

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Photo Album: Blow Over

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A group of vultures waiting for the storm to "Blow Over" - "Let Us Prey" / Th Nast. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Expression: Blow Over

Expression using "blow over": To blow over. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Blow Over

Language Translations for "blow over"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

bie (abate, attach, attack, bang out, bite, break down, bring, burn down, chime, come a cropper, come down, crash, crash down, crumple, cut, decline, descend, devolve, drop, fall, fall off, fall on, finger, flake off, flop, give, go, go down, hoot, pitch, play, plunge, plunk, recede, sink, strike, subside, throw down, tumble). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

отшумявам (die down), прекатурвам (overbalance, overset, overthrow, overturn, push over, tumble, tumble down, upset). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

afdrýven (be adrift, drift). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

malproksimiĝi. (various references)

   

French

  

se calmer, s'apaiser, passer. (various references)

   

German

  

vorübergehen (go by, go past, pass, pass by, pass off), verrauchen (cool, smoke, spend on smoking, subside), verfliegen (evaporate, fade, fly, melt, melt away, pass, roll on, slip by, slip past, vanish), umwehen (blow round, fan), umfallen (blow down, faint, fall down, fall over, give in, pass out, tilt, to fall over, topple down, topple over, turn over), sich legen (abate, blow out, clear, clear away, cool, die down, heel, let up, lie, lie down, pass, settle, subside, vanish, wear off). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κοπάζω (abate, die down, subside), παρέρχομαι (elapse). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

feledésbe megy (to blow over), feldönt (overbalance, overturn, to blow over, to bowl over, to bowl over skittles, to knock over, to push over, to tilt, to topple, to tumble down, to tumble over, topple, tumble down), felborít (capsize, overset, overthrow, to blow over, to bowl over, to cant, to capsize, to push over, to roll over, to tilt, to tip over, to tumble down, to turn over, upset), elsimul (to blow over, to smooth). (various references)

   

Italian

  

placarsi (slacken, subside). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

吹き送る (to blow over, to waft), 吹き抜く (to blow itself out, to blow over, to blow through), 吹き'す (to blow over). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ふきたおす (to blow over), ふきおくる (to blow over, to waft), ふきぬく (to blow itself out, to blow over, to blow through). (various references)

   

Manx

  

tuittym lesh y gheay, lheie ersooyl (die out, dwindle, vanish, vanish as ice, wear off). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

owblay overay

   

Portuguese

  

ser esquecido, passar (come, draw, drew, dub, elapse, fare, give in, go, go beyond, go by, hand, pass, pass by, rake, rake up, slip away, spend, strop, to pass, to spend, transfer, wear off, wile). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

trece (bequeath, call, call on, cease, clear away, cross, die, diminish, disappear, elapse, enter, flow, Ford, get in, get under, go, go by, go on, insert, jot down, lapse, lapse away, pass, pass away, pass by, pass off, pass on, pop, reeve, register, roll, sail, sift, slip away, slip by, transmit, traverse, wear), fi dat uitãrii (fall into oblivion). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

volcar dentro (dump, keel over, topple, upturn), quedar olvidado, pasar al olvido, pasar (bypass, come, come about, come by, come down, come in, come off, cross, dilute, draw, elapse, enact, ensue, expend, function, gait, get, get across, get by, get over, get through, give, go, go by, go off, go on, go over, go past, go through, goffer, hand, hand down, hand on, hand over, happen, kick around, knot, lapse, last, light out, line, live, live through, move, occupy, occur, outdo, overstep, overtake, pass, pass across, pass away, pass by, pass off, pass on, pass round, passing, pop in, post, proceed, put across, put down, reach, relay, render, ride by, roll by, run, shift, skip, smuggle, spend, strain, suffer, swallow, take away, throw out, tick away, tick by, to pass, to spend, touch, tough, turn, turn about, turn around, turn over, wear off, wear on, while), olvidarse (forget), no tener consecuencias de importancia, calmarse (abate, calm down, cool down, die down, drop, ease, quieten, settle down, simmer down, sober down, subside). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

минати (elapse, pass, roll by, skirt, waste, wear off), перевернути (coup). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Blow Over

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: overblow.

Words within the letters "b-e-l-o-o-r-v-w"

-2 letters: blower, bolero, bowler, wolver, wooler.

-3 letters: below, bevor, bowel, bower, elbow, lover, lower, obole, roble, rowel, vowel, vower, wooer.

-4 letters: blew, blow, bole, bolo, boor, bore, bowl, brew, broo, brow, levo, lobe, lobo, lore, love, lowe, oboe, obol, oleo, orle, over, robe, role, rove, verb, vole, vrow, wool, wore, wove.

-5 letters: bel, boo, bow.

 Words containing the letters "b-e-l-o-o-r-v-w"
 

+1 letter: overblown, overblows.

 

+3 letters: overblowing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Expressions
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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