"blow down" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: blows down [present, singular, third-person], blowing down [participle, present], blew down [past], blown down [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|blow<,,blew,blown> down}} blow down (third-person singular simple present blows down, present participle blowing down, simple past blew down, past participle blown down)
  1. (transitive) To knock over with an air current, most often wind. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-blow_down-en-verb-S59OA8re
  2. (transitive, manufacturing) To clean off from top to bottom with an air current from a compressed air hose. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Manufacturing
    Sense id: en-blow_down-en-verb-sJ~BO3pu Categories (other): English links with manual fragments Topics: business, manufacturing
  3. (television) Synonym of dirty down Categories (topical): Television Synonyms: dirty down [synonym, synonym-of] Derived forms: blowdown [noun], blow me down Related terms: blow away, blow off, blow over, blow up
    Sense id: en-blow_down-en-verb-v9-~doZZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English phrasal verbs with particle (down) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 22 51 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 20 35 45 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (down): 23 21 56 Topics: broadcasting, media, television

Inflected forms

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