What part of speech is blowing?

Blowing can be categorized as a verb and a noun.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. blowing is a verb, gerund of blow (infinitive).
  • 2. blowing is a noun, singular of blowings.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does blowing mean?

Definitions

Verb

blow - be blowing or storming; "The wind blew from the West"
blow - cause to move by means of an air current; "The wind blew the leaves around in the yard"
blow - exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down"
blow - cause air to go in, on, or through; "Blow my hair dry"
blow - shape by blowing; "Blow a glass vase"
blow - play or sound a wind instrument; "She blew the horn"
blow - make a sound as if blown; "The whistle blew"
blow - free of obstruction by blowing air through; "blow one's nose"
blow - spout moist air from the blowhole; "The whales blew"
blow - sound by having air expelled through a tube; "The trumpets blew"
blow - spend lavishly or wastefully on; "He blew a lot of money on his new home theater"
blow - burst suddenly; "The tire blew"; "We blew a tire"
blow - allow to regain its breath; "blow a horse"
blow - cause to be revealed and jeopardized; "The story blew their cover"; "The double agent was blown by the other side"
blow - lay eggs; "certain insects are said to blow"
blow - make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
blow - show off
blow - spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"
blow - be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"
blow - provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation
blow - melt, break, or become otherwise unusable; "The lightbulbs blew out"; "The fuse blew"
blow - leave; informal or rude; "shove off!"; "The children shoved along"; "Blow now!"

Noun

blowing - processing that involves blowing a gas

Examples of blowing

#   Sentence  
1. noun The Libyan blowing up of the Pan-Am flight had nothing to do with Israel, and I could go on and on and on.
2. noun With this cool autumn wind blowing, we can feel the change of season.
3. noun In winter, I like staying at home, around the fire, listening to the wind blowing.
4. noun A strong draft's blowing in through that window.
5. noun There's a very strong wind blowing.
6. noun There's a south wind blowing.
7. noun I can see which way the wind's blowing.
8. noun This is mind blowing.
9. noun The number of permutations is mind blowing.
10. noun There's an icy northerly wind blowing.
11. noun A blow on the head.
12. noun He gave his nose a loud blow.
13. noun "The hardest blow on Americans," concluded Roberts, "will fall when China does revalue its currency.
14. noun Could he have had a blow to the head causing this atrophy?
15. noun If you go underwater, hold your nose and blow to clear your ears.
16. verb How these guys can get away with being so rude with people is mind blowing.
17. verb A strong wind was blowing.
18. verb A strong wind is blowing and I can't walk fast.
19. verb The strong winds were blowing.
20. verb There is a strong wind blowing outside.
21. verb Though it stopped raining, the wind was still blowing hard.
22. verb It was blowing hard all night.
23. verb Rose was blowing bubbles.
24. verb A hard wind is blowing.
25. verb A gentle wind is blowing.
26. verb A gentle wind was blowing.
27. verb Nobody likes him, because he is always blowing his own horn.
28. verb The wild wind was blowing.
29. verb A whistle involves blowing out of your mouth in a certain way.
30. verb The children are blowing bubbles.
Sentence  
noun
The Libyan blowing up of the Pan-Am flight had nothing to do with Israel, and I could go on and on and on.
With this cool autumn wind blowing, we can feel the change of season.
In winter, I like staying at home, around the fire, listening to the wind blowing.
A strong draft's blowing in through that window.
There's a very strong wind blowing.
There's a south wind blowing.
I can see which way the wind's blowing.
This is mind blowing.
The number of permutations is mind blowing.
There's an icy northerly wind blowing.
A blow on the head.
He gave his nose a loud blow.
"The hardest blow on Americans," concluded Roberts, "will fall when China does revalue its currency.
Could he have had a blow to the head causing this atrophy?
If you go underwater, hold your nose and blow to clear your ears.
verb
How these guys can get away with being so rude with people is mind blowing.
A strong wind was blowing.
A strong wind is blowing and I can't walk fast.
The strong winds were blowing.
There is a strong wind blowing outside.
Though it stopped raining, the wind was still blowing hard.
It was blowing hard all night.
Rose was blowing bubbles.
A hard wind is blowing.
A gentle wind is blowing.
A gentle wind was blowing.
Nobody likes him, because he is always blowing his own horn.
The wild wind was blowing.
A whistle involves blowing out of your mouth in a certain way.
The children are blowing bubbles.

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