blowing
Wind in action
Blowing is the present participle of blow—moving air, in the process of: The wind is blowing hard.
He's blowing bubbles.
She was blowing him when the phone rang.
You're blowing this out of proportion.
Severe sustained wind
- breezeLight, gentle air movement
- gustBrief wind surge
- squallBrief, violent windstorm
- cycloneRotating low-pressure storm system
typhoon · hurricane · tornado · zephyr · whirlwind · tempest · storm · monsoon
Admirer or air mover
- ventilationCirculation of fresh air
- breezeLight, gentle air movement
- draftPreliminary version of text
- evaporativeConverting liquid to gas
refreshing · airflow · waft · circulate · chill · fanning · breezy
Valved brass wind instrument
- saxophoneReed instrument, brass body
- hornPointed animal headgear
- tubaLowest brass instrument
- tromboneSlide-operated brass instrument
flute · clarinet · oboe · harmonica · bugle · bagpipes · whistle · recorder
Powerful blasting compound
- demolitionDeliberate structural destruction
- detonateCause to explode
- blastSudden forceful burst
- bombExplosive device or disaster
TNT · fuse · debris · shatter · destroy · smithereens · kaboom · pyrotechnics
gale
Severe sustained wind
cyclone · typhoon · hurricane · tornado · zephyr · whirlwind · tempest · storm · monsoon · draft
fan
Admirer or air mover
- ventilationCirculation of fresh air
- breezeLight, gentle air movement
- draftPreliminary version of text
evaporative · refreshing · airflow · waft · circulate · chill · fanning · breezy
trumpet
Valved brass wind instrument
trombone · flute · clarinet · oboe · harmonica · bugle · bagpipes · whistle · recorder · embouchure
exhale
Expel breath outward
breathe · sigh · wheeze · snort · huff · respiration · lungs · diaphragm · airways · expiration
dynamite
Powerful blasting compound
- demolitionDeliberate structural destruction
- detonateCause to explode
- blastSudden forceful burst
bomb · TNT · fuse · debris · shatter · destroy · smithereens · kaboom · pyrotechnics
malfunction
Failure to operate properly
engine · blowout · rupture · burst · transmission · breakdown
soap
Fatty alkali cleanser
- wandThin ceremonial stick
- iridescentShowing shifting spectral colors
- popFizzy drink, regionally
float · spheres · soapy · shimmering · drifting · children · play
- shapingmolding, folding, sculpting, forming, curving
- wind actiongusting, howling, whistling, whipping, swirling
- wind soundshowl, whisper, whoosh, rustle, roar
- breathingbreathing, inhalation, breath, exhalation, breathe
- outdoor choresmow, mowing, rake, raking, weed
- Three Little Pigsbrick house, wolf, huffing, puffing, chimney
blowinginhaling
Drawing air inward
sucking · breathing in · drawing in · gasping · sniffing
blowingsucking
Drawing by mouth
vacuuming · deflating · extracting · drawing · aspirating
- blowing upExpanding or detonating
- blowing awayOverwhelming with amazement
- blowing itFailing when success seemed certain
- blowing bubblesPuffing air through soapy film
- blowing a kissGestured affection from distance
- blowing kissesGestured affection sent airborne
blow, blown, blew, blows, blowed, blowoff, windblast, blow-off