Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blew

/blu/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.12 in modern English

Syllables
blew
IPA
/blu/
9
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past of blow

verb

past participle of blow

Colloquial

noun

Obsolete form of blue.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

adj

Obsolete form of blue.

Obsolete

name

A surname.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English blew, from Old English blēow, from Proto-West Germanic *blē.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: blew, blēow, *blē

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /blu/
  • British English: /bluː/

Usage

Inflected Forms

blews (plural) more blew (comparative) most blew (superlative)

Homonyms

blue (not in Wales) blue

Rhymes With

to you do who to-do new two too through few true due

Questions

How do you pronounce blew?
The recorded pronunciation is /blu/.
What does blew mean?
simple past of blow
Where does blew come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce blew

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