blown

1. 1.

   being moved or acted upon by moving air or vapor

   “blown clouds of dust choked the riders”

   “blown soil mounded on the window sill”

   Similarmoving
2. 2.

   breathing laboriously or convulsively

   Synonymspursyshort-windedwinded

   Similarbreathless

Other forms of blown

comparative

blowner·

superlative

blownest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about blown

What does blown mean?

blown means "being moved or acted upon by moving air or vapor". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in blown?

blown has 1 syllable: blown. In IPA it is /ˈbloʊn/.

What is another word for blown?

Close synonyms include pursy, short-winded, winded. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is blown a common word?

blown is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with blown?

2 words rhyme with blown. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.