Emily Dickinson Lexicon

blow (-n, -s, blew), v. [OE bláwan > L. flā-re.] (webplay: air, breathe, clouds, contention, death, drive, extinguish, fatal, gain, glass, hand, lose, pass, push, report, rise, severe, single, strike, trumpet, war, wind).

1. Gust; rush; move fluidly; burst forth with a strong current of air; (see John 3:8).
2. Flow; stream; surge; breathe; enter within.
3. Break; rupture; rend; divide; separate; splinter; violently split into many pieces.
4. Play; produce by exhaling; rub to cause to sound; (see 2 Samuel 18:16).
5. Brush; send; move; set in motion by a current of air.
6. Phrase. “Blow away”: disappear; vanish; depart; withdraw; pass away into the air.
7. Phrase. “Blow out”: extinguish; quench; douse; cause to cease giving off light.