" blowing "

1: to breathe hard, quickly, or with difficulty;

  * e.g., " ... that horse was really blowing after the race "

•  Synonyms : 

•  gasping,

•  heaving,

•  hyperventilating,

•  panting,

•  puffing,

•  wheezing

•  Antonyms : 

•  conserving

2: to use up carelessly;

  * e.g., " ... each year he blows his holiday bonus on a trip to Las Vegas "

•  Synonyms : 

•  dissipating,

•  fiddling away,

•  frittering (away),

•  lavishing,

•  losing,

•  misspending,

•  running through,

•  spending,

•  squandering,

•  throwing away,

•  trifling (away),

•  wasting

•  Antonyms : 

•  imploding

3: to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure;

  * e.g., " ... a huge crater was formed when the volcano last blew "

•  Synonyms : 

•  blowing up,

•  bursting,

•  crumping,

•  detonating,

•  exploding,

•  going off,

•  popping

•  Antonyms : 

•  crawling,

•  creeping,

•  poking

1: to produce flowers;

  * e.g., " ... longing for a grassy field in some far-off land where the wildflowers blow "

•  Synonyms : 

•  blooming,

•  blossoming,

•  burgeoning,

•  efflorescing,

•  flowering,

•  unfolding

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to breathe hard, quickly, or with difficulty;

  * e.g., " ... that horse was really blowing after the race "

•  Synonyms : 

•  gasp,

•  heave,

•  hyperventilate,

•  pant,

•  puff,

•  wheeze

•  Antonyms : 

•  conserve

2: to use up carelessly;

  * e.g., " ... each year he blows his holiday bonus on a trip to Las Vegas "

•  Synonyms : 

•  dissipate,

•  fiddle away,

•  fritter (away),

•  lavish,

•  lose,

•  misspend,

•  run through,

•  spend,

•  squander,

•  throw away,

•  trifle (away),

•  waste

•  Antonyms : 

•  implode

3: to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure;

  * e.g., " ... a huge crater was formed when the volcano last blew "

•  Synonyms : 

•  blow up,

•  burst,

•  crump,

•  detonate,

•  explode,

•  go off,

•  pop

•  Antonyms : 

•  crawl,

•  creep,

•  poke

1: to produce flowers;

  * e.g., " ... longing for a grassy field in some far-off land where the wildflowers blow "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bloom,

•  blossom,

•  burgeon,

•  effloresce,

•  flower,

•  unfold

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to let or force out of the lungs;

  * e.g., " ... blew out a smoke ring and began to tell us a good yarn "

•  Synonyms : 

•  breathe (out),

•  exhale,

•  expel,

•  expire

•  Antonyms : 

•  inbreathe,

•  inhale,

•  inspire

1: as in barging (in), breezing (in);

•  Synonyms : 

•  barging (in),

•  breezing (in),

•  bursting (in or into),

•  waltzing (in),

•  debarking,

•  disembarking,

•  checking in,

•  clocking (in),

•  pulling in,

•  touching down,

•  fetching,

•  hitting,

•  making,

•  reaching,

•  appearing,

•  arriving,

•  coming,

•  getting in,

•  getting through,

•  landing,

•  showing up,

•  turning up

•  Antonyms : 

•  going,

•  leaving,

•  checking out,

•  clocking (out),

•  fleeing,

•  vamoosing

1: to defeat by a large margin;

  * e.g., " ... the chess prodigy completely blew away the reigning world champion "

•  Synonyms : 

•  annihilating,

•  bombing,

•  burying,

•  clobbering,

•  creaming,

•  drubbing,

•  dusting,

•  flattening,

•  pasting,

•  routing,

•  shellacking,

•  skinning,

•  skunking,

•  smoking,

•  smothering,

•  snowing under,

•  thrashing,

•  trimming,

•  tromping,

•  trouncing,

•  walloping,

•  waxing,

•  whipping,

•  whomping,

•  whopping,

•  whupping

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to end a usually intimate relationship with;

  * e.g., " ... before she embarks on another relationship, she should try to figure out why all those other men have blown her off "

•  Synonyms : 

•  breaking off (with),

•  ditching,

•  dumping,

•  jilting,

•  kissing off,

•  leaving

•  Antonyms : 

•  attending,

•  showing up (for)

2: to fail to attend;

  * e.g., " ... blew off the committee meeting, thinking that it would just be a colossal waste of time "

•  Synonyms : 

•  cutting,

•  missing,

•  skipping

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to become very angry;

  * e.g., " ... she blew up at everybody after a very long and very bad day "

•  Synonyms : 

•  flaring (up),

•  flipping (out)

•  Antonyms : 

•  calming (down),

•  simmering down

2: to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure;

  * e.g., " ... the building blew up because of a gas leak "

•  Synonyms : 

•  blowing,

•  bursting,

•  crumping,

•  detonating,

•  exploding,

•  going off,

•  popping

•  Antonyms : 

•  imploding

3: to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive;

  * e.g., " ... blew up the biggest rocks and then cleared them away "

•  Synonyms : 

•  blasting,

•  blowing,

•  bursting,

•  demolishing,

•  exploding,

•  popping,

•  shattering,

•  smashing

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to become very angry;

  * e.g., " ... He blew a gasket when he saw that his younger brother had borrowed his car without asking. "

•  Synonyms : 

•  blowing up,

•  flaring (up),

•  flipping (out)

•  Antonyms : 

•  calming (down),

•  simmering down