吹 — meaning in English

English meaning

• blow verb To produce a current of air, especially by expelling breath through the mouth.
• inflate verb To fill something with air or gas so that it expands.
• puff noun A short burst of breath, air, or smoke.
• winnow verb To blow air through loose material such as grain so the heavier and lighter parts separate.

Senses

吹 is used for these senses in English:

• act out (idiomatic) To perform a scene from a play, a charade or an exercise.
• blow (intransitive) To produce an air current.
• give head (intransitive, idiomatic, slang, vulgar) To perform oral sex on another person. [from 1950s]
• inflate (transitive) To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally
• puff (intransitive) To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs.
• winnow (transitive, agriculture, literal) To subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff.

blow — full definition

1. verb To produce a current of air, especially by expelling breath through the mouth.
2. verb To explode or shatter suddenly, or to cause something to do so.
3. verb (informal) To waste or squander, especially money or an opportunity.
4. noun A hard hit or strike.
5. noun A sudden shock or setback.

inflate — full definition

1. verb To fill something with air or gas so that it expands.
2. verb To increase something, such as a price or figure, beyond its real or reasonable level.

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