How do you pronounce blown?

The recorded pronunciation is /bloʊn/.

Where does blown come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

blown

/bloʊn/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.21 in modern English

Syllables: blown
IPA: /bloʊn/

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Meaning

adj

Distended, swollen, or inflated.

adj

Panting and out of breath.

adj

Formed by blowing.

adj

Under the influence of drugs, especially marijuana.

adj

Stale; worthless.

Obsolete

adj

Covered with the eggs and larvae of flies; flyblown.

adj

Given a hot rod blower.

adj

Having failed.

Example Sentences

"Cattle are said to be blown when gorged with green food which develops gas."
"[T]wo or three horsemen, [...] appeared returning at full gallop, their horses much blown, and the men apparently in a disordered flight."
"a blown head gasket"
"Attempts by Waterloo signalmen to clear the points by power operation eventually exhausted point motor batteries, which are fed by trickle chargers, and a blown fuse accentuated the problem; thus, even when the points had been cleared of ice, no power was available to operate them until the batteries were sufficiently recharged."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: blawen, blāƿen, blāwan
Suffix: blow

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /bloʊn/
British English: /bləʊn/

Usage

Inflected Forms

blowne (alternative)

Derived Forms

endblown freeblown glassblown handblown inblown mindblown mouthblown outblown sideblown unblown windblown

Phrases

ale-blown blown flap blown glass blown-in-the-bottle blown-off blown out full-blown

Frequently Paired Words

turbocharged

Synonyms

bulled tumid puffed blazed reefed spaced-out baked blitzed blown chemically impaired chopped cut

Rhymes With

own known phone well-known alone shown stone zone loan grown unknown tone