Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
blab |
verb |
To utter or tell unnecessarily, or in a thoughtless manner; to publish (secrets or trifles) without reserve or discretion., To talk thoughtlessly or without discretion; to tattle; to tell tales., One who blabs; a babbler; a telltale. |
blae |
adjective |
Dark blue or bluish gray; lead-colored. |
blat |
verb i. |
To cry, as a calf or sheep; to bleat; to make a senseless noise; to talk inconsiderately., To utter inconsiderately. |
blay |
adjective |
A fish. See Bleak, n. |
blea |
noun |
The part of a tree which lies immediately under the bark; the alburnum or sapwood. |
bleb |
noun |
A large vesicle or bulla, usually containing a serous fluid; a blister; a bubble, as in water, glass, etc. |
blek |
verb t. |
To blacken; also, to defile. |
bled |
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imp. & p. p. of Bleed., of Bleed |
blee |
noun |
Complexion; color; hue; likeness; form. |
blet |
noun |
A form of decay in fruit which is overripe. |
blew |
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imp. of Blow., of Blow, of Blow |
blin |
verb t. & i. |
To stop; to cease; to desist., Cessation; end. |
blob |
noun |
Something blunt and round; a small drop or lump of something viscid or thick; a drop; a bubble; a blister., A small fresh-water fish (Uranidea Richardsoni); the miller’s thumb. |
blot |
verb t. |
To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink., To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil., To stain with infamy; to disgrace., To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; — generally with out; as, to blot out a word or a sentence. Often figuratively; as, to blot out offenses., To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow., To dry, as writing, with blotting paper., To take a blot; as, this paper blots easily., A spot or stain, as of ink on paper; a blur., An obliteration of something written or printed; an erasure., A spot on reputation; a stain; a disgrace; a reproach; a blemish., An exposure of a single man to be taken up., A single man left on a point, exposed to be taken up., A weak point; a failing; an exposed point or mark. |
blow |
verb i. |
To flower; to blossom; to bloom., To cause to blossom; to put forth (blossoms or flowers)., A blossom; a flower; also, a state of blossoming; a mass of blossoms., A forcible stroke with the hand, fist, or some instrument, as a rod, a club, an ax, or a sword., A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault., The infliction of evil; a sudden calamity; something which produces mental, physical, or financial suffering or loss (esp. when sudden); a buffet., To produce a current of air; to move, as air, esp. to move rapidly or with power; as, the wind blows., To send forth a forcible current of air, as from the mouth or from a pair of bellows., To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff., To sound on being blown into, as a trumpet., To spout water, etc., from the blowholes, as a whale., To be carried or moved by the wind; as, the dust blows in from the street., To talk loudly; to boast; to storm., To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means; as, to blow the fire., To drive by a current air; to impel; as, the tempest blew the ship ashore., To cause air to pass through by the action of the mouth, or otherwise; to cause to sound, as a wind instrument; as, to blow a trumpet; to blow an organ., To clear of contents by forcing air through; as, to blow an egg; to blow one’s nose., To burst, shatter, or destroy by an explosion; — usually with up, down, open, or similar adverb; as, to blow up a building., To spread by report; to publish; to disclose., To form by inflation; to swell by injecting air; as, to blow bubbles; to blow glass., To inflate, as with pride; to puff up., To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue; as, to blow a horse., To deposit eggs or larvae upon, or in (meat, etc.)., A blowing, esp., a violent blowing of the wind; a gale; as, a heavy blow came on, and the ship put back to port., The act of forcing air from the mouth, or through or from some instrument; as, to give a hard blow on a whistle or horn; to give the fire a blow with the bellows., The spouting of a whale., A single heat or operation of the Bessemer converter., An egg, or a larva, deposited by a fly on or in flesh, or the act of depositing it. |
blub |
verb t. & i. |
To swell; to puff out, as with weeping. |
blue |
superl. |
Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue as a sapphire; blue violets., Pale, without redness or glare, — said of a flame; hence, of the color of burning brimstone, betokening the presence of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air was blue with oaths., Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue., Suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as, thongs looked blue., Severe or over strict in morals; gloom; as, blue and sour religionists; suiting one who is over strict in morals; inculcating an impracticable, severe, or gloomy mortality; as, blue laws., Literary; — applied to women; — an abbreviation of bluestocking., One of the seven colors into which the rays of light divide themselves, when refracted through a glass prism; the color of the clear sky, or a color resembling that, whether lighter or darker; a pigment having such color. Sometimes, poetically, the sky., A pedantic woman; a bluestocking., Low spirits; a fit of despondency; melancholy., To make blue; to dye of a blue color; to make blue by heating, as metals, etc. |
blur |
verb t. |
To render obscure by making the form or outline of confused and uncertain, as by soiling; to smear; to make indistinct and confused; as, to blur manuscript by handling it while damp; to blur the impression of a woodcut by an excess of ink., To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken., To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation., That which obscures without effacing; a stain; a blot, as upon paper or other substance., A dim, confused appearance; indistinctness of vision; as, to see things with a blur; it was all blur., A moral stain or blot. |