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Definition: Blower |
BlowerNoun1. A device that produces a current of air. 2. A fan run by an electric motor. 3. A mechanical device that blows air onto a fire to make it burn more fiercely. 4. Large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "blower" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Chemistry | A high-speed turbine that circulates laser gas through the electrodes and the heat exchanger in a resonator. Source: European Union. (references) |
Energy | The device in an air conditioner that distributes the filtered air from the return duct over the cooling coil/heat exchanger. This circulated air is cooled/heated and then sent through the supply duct, past dampers, and through supply diffusers to the living/working space. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | Fitted to internal combustion engines to increase weight of air supplied to cylinders per stroke thereby increasing power output/cylinder. Excess air may be provided to assist cylinder exhaust process. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | Those generating pressures below 1 lb per sq in are called fans; those generating pressures above 35 lb per sq in are called centrifugal compressors. High speed turbine-driven -- are called turboblowers. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Pneumatic conveyors transport materials in an arrangement of tube or ducts. Air compressors or -- are used to create the differences in air pressure in the tubes that cause the materials to move. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Metallurgy | General term for the machine which produces the blast for a blast furnace; can be axial or radial, electric drive or steam turbine(turbo-blower). Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. A fan employed in forcing air either into a mine or into one portion of a mine. A portable blower, also known as a tubing blower or room blower, is used in ventilating small dead-end places like rooms and entries or gangways b. The sudden emission of combustible gases from the coal seam or surrounding rock. Blowers vary considerably in violence and magnitude from small emissions that make a hissing noise to severe outbursts c. Eng. A worker who blasts or fires shots in a mine, or who drills theholes and charges them, ready for firing. (references) |
Occupations | Shapes gather (gob of molten glass) into glassware by blowing through blowpipe: Receives blowpipe from GATHERER (glass mfg.) 575.684-026 and examines gather on blowpipe for imperfections, utilizing knowledge of molten glass characteristics. Blows through pipe to inflate gather while rotating pipe to prevent sagging and to obtain desired shape, or blows and rotates gather in mold or on board to obtain final shape. May dip end of blowpipe into molten glass to collect gather on head of pipe. May strike neck of finished article to separate article from blow pipe. May pull gather with tongs to aid in shaping. May use compressed air to inflate gather. May be designated according to article blown as Bottle Blower (glass mfg.). (references) |
| Tends machine that cleans and disentangles fur fibers used in making felt hats: Dumps fur into hopper of machine. Starts machine that forces fibers through sections (chambers) containing air blowers and toothed rollers that clean and disentangle fibers. Feels and examines fibers to determine conformance to quality standards and to detect presence of debris, such as sawdust and particles of pelt, requiring additional passes through machine. Cleans machine and removes debris, using brush, shovel, and compressed-air hose. May weigh and bag specified amounts of fibers. May be designated according to number of sections in fur-blowing unit as Eight-Section Blower (hat & cap); Six-Section Blower (hat & cap). (references) | |
| Tends equipment that fumigates and removes foreign matter from furs: Hangs furs in fumigating cabinet, pours fumigant into storage tank, and closes door. Turns switch to start blower that vaporizes and blows fumigant onto furs. Adjusts timing switch to stop fumigation process. Presses button to start ventilating system to exhaust vapors from cabinet, opens door, and removes furs. Adjusts valve on compressed air gun to regulate air pressure, according to condition or type of fur. Squeezes trigger of gun and directs stream of air on fur to remove dirt, insects, and loose fur. (references) | |
| Tends machine that blows filler into stuffed-toy shells: Inserts precut supporting wire into shell. Places shell opening over stuffing machine nozzle. Depresses pedal to blow cotton or chopped foam rubber filler into shell to impart shape to toy. Places stuffed toy in tote box. Records production. May stuff toys by hand. (references) | |
Personal Care & Hotels | An air compressor for supplying a relatively large volume of air, under relatively high pressure. Source: European Union. (references) |
Slang | Noun. Source: Frem the verb meaning ti blow. Definition: A person who blows glass to make pipes and bongs. Context: Used amoung friends, at a show, and generally with people who smoke marijuana. Social Source: Phish fans. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
Slang in 1811 | BLOWER. A pipe. How the swell funks his blower and lushes red tape; what a smoke the gentleman makes with his pipe, and drinks brandy. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: BlowerSynonyms: bellows (n), cetacean (n), cetacean mammal (n), electric fan (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Boasting | Boaster; braggart, braggadocio; Gascon, fanfaron, pretender, soi-disant; blower, bluffer, Foxy Quiller; blusterer; charlatan, jack-pudding, trumpeter; puppy; (fop). |
Wind | Air pump, air blower, lungs, bellows, blowpipe, fan, ventilator, punkah; branchiae, gills, flabellum, vertilabrum. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | You get her pilot lit, she can suck-start a leaf blower! (True Lies; writing credit: James Cameron) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Have Blower Will Travel (1987) The Whistle Blower (1986) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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 | Crewmembers cooking on deck, in the James River, Virginia, 9 July 1862. Photographed by James F. Gibson. This view looks forward from the port quarter, with the port side blower hatch in the foreground, the two smokestacks in the middle distance and the turret beyond. The sailor standing atop the turret is holding a telescope. Note cookstove supported on bricks at left and awning above the turret. Credit: NAVY. |  | Steel Production. Worker at steel plant. A flue blower in a blast furnace boiler house performs an inportant duty. Republic, Youngstown. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Birmingham, Michigan (vicinity). Old style leather blower used on fireplace in a house. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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 | Hair dryer; blow dryer; personal appliance; blower; hot air. | | Hair dryer; hair blower; blower; blow; dryer; dry; fan; heat; primp; deck out; doll up; dress up; fix up; groom; gussy up; preen; prepare; prink; slick; smarten; spiff; spruce; titivate. |
| Pressured air; air pressure; air hose; blower; blow. | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | In this procedure, the patient wears a mask over the nose during sleep, and pressure from an air blower forces air through the nasal passages. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Blower" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 80.77% of the time. "Blower" is used about 52 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 80.77% | 42 | 52,864 |
| Noun (proper) | 19.23% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Total | 100.00% | 52 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "blower" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Blower | Last name | 170 | 52,787 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "blower": air blower ♦ be on the blower ♦ Fan blower ♦ get on the blower to smb. ♦ glass blower ♦ hand blower ♦ ice blower ♦ mechanical blower ♦ Roots blower ♦ snow blower ♦ steam blower ♦ wind blower. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "blower": blower-cooled, blower-no, blower-vacs. | |
Ending with "blower": flute-blower, glass-blower, organ-blower, safe-blower, snow-blower, sucker-blower, turbo-blower, whistle-blower. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
blower | 647 | chicago blower | 33 |
snow blower | 621 | dayton blower | 33 |
leaf blower | 385 | echo leaf blower | 32 |
whistle blower | 89 | industrial blower | 32 |
glass blower | 86 | cordless blower | 32 |
gas blower | 84 | b and m blower | 32 |
echo blower | 80 | gast blower | 31 |
root blower | 78 | blower drive service | 29 |
toro snow blower | 74 | ariens snow blower | 29 |
new york blower | 71 | blower gast regenerative | 29 |
air blower | 60 | air blower regenerative | 26 |
blower fan | 60 | md blower | 26 |
regenerative blower | 51 | car blower | 26 |
centrifugal blower | 51 | bds blower | 25 |
blower motor | 51 | blower part rotary vane | 25 |
backpack blower | 50 | blower high pressure regenerative | 25 |
positive displacement blower | 48 | bubble blower | 25 |
gas leaf blower | 38 | barry blower | 24 |
honda snow blower | 37 | electric blower | 24 |
stihl blower | 36 | tuthill blower | 24 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "blower"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | ventilator (fan, fanner, ventilator), ajërfryrës, çurg gazi. (various references) | |
Arabic | منفاخ (bellows, insufflator), هاتف (phone, ring, telephone). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | самохвалко (blusterer, boaster, bouncer, brag, cutup, fanfaron, gascon, mouther, swaggerer), тръбач (bugler, trumpet, trumpeter), вентилатор (blowhole, fan, rotary fan, ventilator), духач. (various references) | |
Chinese | 吹风机. (various references) | |
Czech | telefon (phone). (various references) | |
Danish | blδser, blaeser (blowing engine, fan, mechanical blower, ventilator, wind blower), blæsemaskine (blowing machine), ventilator (ventilator), skylleluftsblæser, rensemaskine (beater, blowing machine, scutcher, scutching machine, swingling machine), pudsemaskine (blowing machine, malt polisher, polisher, polishing machine, sander, swingling machine), opblaeser (footmaker, gaffer, glassblower, glass-maker), laserventilator, laserblæser, glasmager (chairman, finisher, footmaker, gaffer, glassblower, glass-maker, maker, workman). (various references) | |
Dutch | blower, blazer, windmachine (blast box, blowing engine, wind box), waaier (fan), ventilator (ventilator), kelkenblazer (footmaker, gaffer, glassblower, glass-maker), hogedrukventilator, glasblazer (footmaker, gaffer, glassblower, glass-maker), carreur (footmaker, gaffer, glassblower, glass-maker), afblazer (blowing machine), aanjager (air pump, boost motor, booster, booster engine, fan, gasbooster, servo, supercharger, turbo-charger, ventilator). (various references) | |
Farsi | ماشین مخصوص دمیدن , کسی یاچیزی که بدمدیابوزد, وزنده , دمنده . (various references) | |
Finnish | puhallin (wind instrument). (various references) | |
French | ventilateur (mechanical blower, wind blower). (various references) | |
German | gebläse (supercharger, fan), Lüfter (fan, aerator). (various references) | |
Greek | καθαριστής (cleaner), μικρόφωνο (microphone, mike), πτερωτή (impeller, rotor, wheel), χτυπητής (blowing machine, swingling machine), φυσητήρασ (air blower, bellows, oxyacetylene blow pipe), φυσητήρας (sperm whale), φυσητής γυαλιού (footmaker, gaffer, glassblower, glass-maker), φυσερό (bellows), ανεμιστήρας (fan), ανοιχτικό (blowing machine), ανοιχτική μηχανή (blowing machine), δεκατιστήρι (blowing machine, swingling machine). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מפוח (bellows). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kürtös (bugler). (various references) | |
Indonesian | pembusa, alat peniup. (various references) | |
Italian | battitore preliminare (blowing machine, swingling machine), ventilatore (fan, ventilator), turbina (turbine), soffione di grisù (feeder), soffiatore (fan, footmaker, gaffer, glassblower, glass-maker, ventilator), soffiante (whiffing), compressore (compressor). (various references) | |
Korean | 송풍기. (various references) | |
Manx | sheideyder (puffer), geayrane. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | owerblay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | vidreiro (footmaker, gaffer, glassblower, glass-maker), ventilador (aerator, ventpipe), soprador (footmaker, gaffer, glassblower, glass-maker). (various references) | |
Russian | вентилятор (ventilator). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | kompresor (compressor, supercharger). (various references) | |
Spanish | soplador (footmaker, gaffer, glassblower, glass-maker, turbo blower). (various references) | |
Swedish | blåsare (Piper). (various references) | |
Turkish | vantilatör (airexhauster, fan, fanner, ventilator), telefon (phone, telephone), körük (bellows, fan, pair of bellows), havalandırma (aeration, air conditioning, airing, fanner, ventilating, ventilation), üfleyici. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | сурмач, хвалько (blusterer, boaster, bouncer, braggart, mouther, swashbuckler), той, що дме, вентилятор (air blast, fan, spiracle, ventilator), базіка (babbler, bagpipe, bletherskate, chatterbox, magpie, parakeet, prattler, ranter, tattler, tattletale, windjammer, windy), повитродувка. (various references) | |
Welsh | chwythwr. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | flator. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 9, Verse 1 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | O de sauloV eti empnewn apeilhV kai fonou eiV touV maqhtaV tou kuriou proselqwn tw arcierei |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Saulus autem adhuc inspirans minarum et caedis in discipulos Domini accessit ad principem sacerdotum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | But Saul, yit a blower of manassis and of betingis ayens the disciplis of the Lord, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And Saul yet brethynge oute threatnynges and slaughter agaynst ye disciples of the lorde went vnto ye hye preste |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest, |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But Saul, still burning with desire to put to death the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest, |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Acts Chapter 9, Verse 1 |
| Albanian | Ndërkaq Sauli, duke shfryrë akoma kërcënime dhe kërdi kundër dishepujve të Zotit, shkoi te kryeprifti, |
| Cebuano | ¶ Apan si Saulo, nga nagpangusmo pa gihapog mga hulga sa pagpamatay batok sa mga tinun-an sa Ginoo, miadto sa labawng sacerdote |
| Chinese | 掃 羅 仍 然 向 主 的 門 徒 、 口 吐 威 嚇 兇 殺 的 話 、 去 見 大 祭 司 、 |
| Croatian | Savao pak, sveudilj zadahnut prijetnjom i pokoljem prema uèenicima Gospodnjim, poðe k velikomu sveæeniku, |
| Danish | Men Saulus, som endnu fnøs med Trusel og Mord imod Herrens Disciple, gik til Ypperstepræsten |
| Dutch | En Saulus, blazende nog dreiging en moord tegen de discipelen des Heeren, ging tot de hogepriester, |
| Finnish | Mutta Saulus puuskui yhä uhkaa ja murhaa Herran opetuslapsia vastaan ja meni ylimmäisen papin luo |
| French | Cependant Saul, respirant encore la menace et le meurtre contre les disciples du Seigneur, se rendit chez le souverain sacrificateur, |
| German | Saulus aber schnaubte noch mit Drohen und Morden wider die Jünger des HERRN und ging zum Hohenpriester |
| Hungarian | Saulus pedig még fenyegetéstõl és öldökléstõl lihegve az Úrnak tanítványai ellen, elmenvén a fõpaphoz, |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Sementara itu Saulus terus saja ingin mengancam dan membunuh pengikut-pengikut Tuhan Yesus. Ia pergi kepada imam agung, |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka Saul yang sedang menyemburkan ugut dan bunuhannya ke atas murid-murid Tuhan itu, sudah pergi kepada Imam Besar, |
| Latvian | Bet Sauls, vçl vienmçr dvesdams draudus un nâvi pâr Kunga mâcekïiem, gâja pie augstâ priestera |
| Maori | ¶ Ko Haora ia kei te kupukupu tonu i te whakawehi, i te mate mo nga akonga a te Ariki, a haere ana ki te tohunga nui, |
| Norwegian | Men Saulus fnyste fremdeles av trusel og mord mot Herrens disipler, og han gikk til ypperstepresten |
| Portuguese | Saulo, porém, respirando ainda ameaças e mortes contra os discípulos do Senhor, dirigiu-se ao sumo sacerdote, |
| Rumanian | Dar Saul sufla kncq ameninyarea wi uciderea kmpotriva ucenicilor Domnului. S`a dus la marele preot, |
| Russian | уБЧМ ЦЕ, ЕЭЕ ДЩЫБ ХЗТПЪБНЙ Й ХВЙКУФЧПН ОБ ХЮЕОЙЛПЧ зПУРПДБ, РТЙЫЕМ Л РЕТЧПУЧСЭЕООЙЛХ |
| Shuar | ¶ Nuna tumai, Jerusarénnum Uunt Jesusan umirkarmia nuna Máataj tusa áujmattan Sáuruka penké iniaichamiayi. Tuma asa Israer-patri uuntri iyutaj tusa werimiayi. |
| Swahili | Wakati huo Saulo alikuwa akizidisha vitisho vikali vya kuwaua wafuasi wa Bwana. Alikwenda kwa Kuhani Mkuu, |
| Swedish | Saulus omvändes, predikar i Damaskus och i Jerusalem. Församlingen tillväxer. Petrus botar Eneas, uppväcker Tabita. |
| Uma | ¶ Nto'u toe wo'o, ngasa' oa' -imi Saulus mpongasai' pai' mpopatehi topetuku' Pue' Yesus. Hilou-i hi Imam Bohe, |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "blower": blowers. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "blower": glassblower, mindblower, snowblower, whistleblower. (additional references) | |
Words containing "blower": glassblowers, mindblowers, snowblowers, whistleblowers. (additional references) | |
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"Blower" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: biowar, blewe, bloofer, blooser, blove, blowe, blowen, Blowervac, blowser, brower, bulwer. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "blower" (pronounced blō"er) |
| 3 | -l ō" er | lower, slower. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: bowler. | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-l-o-r-w" | |
-1 letter: below, bowel, bower, elbow, lower, roble, rowel. | |
-2 letters: blew, blow, bole, bore, bowl, brew, brow, lobe, lore, lowe, orle, robe, role, wore. | |
-3 letters: bel, bow, bro, lob, low, obe, ole, orb, ore, owe, owl, reb, rob, roe, row, web, woe. | |
-4 letters: be, bo, el, er, lo, oe, or, ow, re, we, wo. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-l-o-r-w" | |
+1 letter: blowers, blowier, bowlder, bowlers, lowbred, rowable, wobbler. | |
+2 letters: beflower, bellower, bellwort, blowsier, blowzier, bowlders, browless, furbelow, growable, overblew, overblow, wellborn, wobblers, wobblier, workable. | |
+3 letters: beflowers, bellowers, bellworts, billowier, elbowroom, flowerbed, furbelows, overblown, overblows, wolfberry, worktable. | |
+4 letters: beflowered, bellflower, bowdlerise, bowdlerize, brownfield, elbowrooms, flowerbeds, furbelowed, middlebrow, mindblower, outbrawled, snowblower, unworkable, worktables. | |
+5 letters: beflowering, bellflowers, belowground, bladderwort, blameworthy, blowtorches, bowdlerised, bowdlerises, bowdlerized, bowdlerizer, bowdlerizes, brownfields, counterblow, furbelowing, glassblower, globeflower, hereinbelow, middlebrows, mindblowers, overblowing, rainbowlike, snowblowers, snowmobiler, unworkables, warmblooded, wheelbarrow, wolfberries. | |
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