blew

• enPR: bl(y)o͞o, IPA^(key): /bl(j)uː/
• (Wales) IPA^(key): /blɪu̯/

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• Rhymes: -uː
• Homophone: blue

blew

1. simple past of blow
2. (now colloquial) past participle of blow

blew (countable and uncountable, plural blews)

1. Obsolete form of blue.

blew (comparative more blew, superlative most blew)

1. Obsolete form of blue.

Cognate with Breton blev and Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value). Of uncertain ultimate origin and lacking Celtic cognates outside of Brythonic. Perhaps related to Ancient Greek φλόος (phlóos, “rind, bark”).[1] Or, related to Lithuanian plùskos (“hair”) and Proto-West Germanic *fleus (“fleece”), from Proto-Indo-European *plews- (“to pull out, pluck”).[2]

blew f (singulative blewen)

1. hair

• gols

blew

1. Alternative form of blewe

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value); cognate with Breton blev and Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value). Of uncertain ultimate origin and lacking Celtic cognates outside of Brythonic. Perhaps related to Ancient Greek φλόος (phlóos, “rind, bark”).[1] Or, related to Lithuanian plùskos (“hair”) and Proto-West Germanic *fleus (“fleece”), from Proto-Indo-European *plews- (“to pull out, pluck”).[2]

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈbleːu̯/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈblɛu̯/

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• Rhymes: -ɛu̯

blew m pl (singulative blewyn)

1. hair
2. fur

• gwallt

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