"blowing" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbloʊ.ɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈbləʊ.ɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-blowing.ogg Forms: blowings [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English blowynge, blowyng, from Old English blāwung (“blowing”), equivalent to blow + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|blowynge}} Middle English blowynge, {{inh|en|ang|blāwung|t=blowing}} Old English blāwung (“blowing”), {{af|en|blow|-ing}} blow + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} blowing (plural blowings)
  1. The act of one who blows, or that which blows. Derived forms: glassblowing, leafblowing, safeblowing, stoneblowing, upblowing, whistleblowing
    Sense id: en-blowing-en-noun-NnrHuTIm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈbloʊ.ɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈbləʊ.ɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-blowing.ogg
Rhymes: -əʊɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English blowynge, blowende, from Old English blāwende, from Proto-Germanic *blēandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *blēaną (“to blow”), equivalent to blow + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|blowynge}} Middle English blowynge, {{inh|en|ang|blāwende}} Old English blāwende, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*blēandz}} Proto-Germanic *blēandz, {{der|en|gem-pro|*blēaną|t=to blow}} Proto-Germanic *blēaną (“to blow”), {{af|en|blow|-ing}} blow + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} blowing
  1. present participle and gerund of blow Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: blow
    Sense id: en-blowing-en-verb-6BbnmuRC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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