BLOW OUT
Dictionary entry overview: What does blow out mean?
• BLOW OUT (verb)
The verb BLOW OUT has 3 senses:
1. melt, break, or become otherwise unusable
2. put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
3. erupt in an uncontrolled manner
Familiarity information: BLOW OUT used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• BLOW OUT (verb)
Meaning:
Melt, break, or become otherwise unusable
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
blow out; burn out; blow
Context examples:
The lightbulbs blew out / The fuse blew
Hypernyms (to "blow out" is one way to...):
break; break down; conk out; die; fail; give out; give way; go; go bad (stop operating or functioning)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
Classified under:
Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering
Synonyms:
blow out; extinguish; quench; snuff out
Context examples:
Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained / quench the flames / snuff out the candles
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "blow out"):
stub (extinguish by crushing)
douse; put out (put out, as of a candle or a light)
black out (obliterate or extinguish)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Erupt in an uncontrolled manner
Classified under:
Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering
Context example:
The oil well blew out
Hypernyms (to "blow out" is one way to...):
catch fire; combust; conflagrate; erupt; ignite; take fire (start to burn or burst into flames)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
