Search Result:blown-up
KK Pronunciation
〔 `blon`ʌp 〕
Pronunciation
〔 ˋblounˋʌp 〕
Overview of verb blow-up
The verb blow up has 8 senses
- explode, detonate, blow up, set off -- (cause to burst with a violent release of energy; "We exploded the nuclear bomb")
- blow up, enlarge, magnify -- (make large; "blow up an image")
- flip one's lid, blow up, throw a fit, hit the roof, hit the ceiling, have kittens, have a fit, combust, blow one's stack, fly off the handle, flip one's wig, lose one's temper, blow a fuse, go ballistic -- (get very angry and fly into a rage; "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question"; "Spam makes me go ballistic")
- embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise -- (add details to)
- detonate, explode, blow up -- (burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon"; "The Molotov cocktail exploded")
- inflate, blow up, expand, amplify -- (exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated")
- inflate, blow up -- (fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons")
- puff, puff up, blow up, puff out -- (to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"; "puffed out chests")
Overview of adj blown-up
The adj blown-up has 1 sense
- blown-up, enlarged -- (as of a photograph; made larger; "the enlarged photograph revealed many details")