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blown

v.
A2 Elementary US //ˈbɫoʊn// UK //blˈəʊn// blown Archaic

v. the past participle of 'blow'. You use it to describe something that has been moved by air or air that has come out of your mouth.

v. the past participle of 'blow'. Describes the action of air moving or being forced out, or an object being displaced by such movement.


SIMPLE

The wind has blown the leaves across the yard.

CONTEXTUAL

By the time we reached the summit, the storm had blown the tent away and we had to find shelter.

COMPLEX

The fuse had blown during the electrical surge, leaving the entire laboratory in darkness just as the critical experiment was reaching its conclusion.

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Origin

From Middle English blawen, from Old English blāƿen, blāwen, past participle of Old English blāwan. Morphologically blow + -n.

Usage

As a past participle, it is used with 'have' to form perfect tenses or with 'be' for the passive voice.

Pitfall

The wind has blowed the door open.The wind has blown the door open.'Blow' is an irregular verb; the past participle is 'blown', not 'blowed'.

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