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| blown |
"Blown" is a past participle of "blow2." |
| driven |
blown or swept along, as by wind or current. [1/3 definitions] |
| explosion |
When there is an explosion, it means that something has blown apart with great force. An explosion is also the loud noise that you hear when something blows apart. [1/2 definitions] |
| participle |
A participle is a certain form of a verb. Words like "broken," "fallen," and "begun" are participles, and so are "breaking," "falling," and "beginning." The first set of participles can be used in sentences with the verb "have," as in "The water has begun to boil." The second set of participles can be used with a form of the verb "be," as in "The play is beginning." The first set of participles are called "past participles," and the second set are called "present participles." Sometimes these types of words can also be used alone as adjectives, for example, when we say "the broken lamp" or the "falling snow." Past participles are also used in sentences like "The leaves were blown away by the wind," "The money was hidden under a rock," and "The songs were sung too fast." |
| pipe1 |
(sometimes plural) a musical instrument made up of one or several tubes that make notes when air is blown through them. [1/6 definitions] |
| reed |
Clarinets, saxophones, and certain other wind instruments use something called a "reed." A reed looks like a very thin piece of wood. On a clarinet or saxophone, the reed covers most of the opening where air is blown through the instrument from the player's mouth. The reed is made of material that comes from a woody kind of grass plant. [1/2 definitions] |
| whistle |
a small instrument or pipe through which air or steam is blown to produce such a sound. [1/9 definitions] |
| windfall |
a tree or fruit from a tree, blown down by wind. [1/2 definitions] |
| wind instrument |
a musical instrument that is sounded by the force of air blown into it. Flutes, trumpets, and clarinets are some wind instruments. |
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