"blowy" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: blowier [comparative], blowiest [superlative]
Etymology: blow + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|blow|y}} blow + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} blowy (comparative blowier, superlative blowiest)
  1. Windy or breezy.
    Sense id: en-blowy-en-adj-u5FwAlJS
  2. Billowy, blowing or waving in the wind. (of fabric, hair, etc.) Categories (topical): Wind
    Sense id: en-blowy-en-adj-cYnc1gjB Disambiguation of Wind: 38 50 4 8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 74 7 11 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 9 71 7 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 78 9 10 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 3 76 10 11
  3. Susceptible to drifting. (of soil)
    Sense id: en-blowy-en-adj-NEpXthWf

Noun

Forms: blowies [plural]
Etymology: blow + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|blow|y}} blow + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} blowy (plural blowies)
  1. Alternative spelling of blowie Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: blowie Translations (windy or breezy): ветровит (vetrovit) (Bulgarian), blåsig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-blowy-en-noun-4TxmCPJ0

Inflected forms

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