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| Domain | Definition |
Metallurgy | The process of starting a blast furnace. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | Starting a blast furnace. Syn:blow in. (references) |
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Crosswords: BLOWING IN |
| English words defined with "BLOWING IN": be adrift, Blast draught, blow, blustering, blusterous, blustery ♦ drift ♦ float, Forced draught ♦ gusty ♦ rustle, rustling ♦ tailwind ♦ whisper, whispering. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "BLOWING IN": blast draft, blowing in from bank ♦ core-blower operator, COREMAKER, MACHINE III ♦ opposing wind ♦ to start up after damping down, triplexing. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I feel a breeayou're blowing in my ear. (Waiting for Guffman; writing credit: Christopher Guest; Eugene Levy) | |
Lyrics | We're blowing in the wind (Angel; performing artist: Lionel Richie) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
![]() | Topsoil blowing in the wind in north-central Iowa. Credit: Lynn Betts. | Scenic view of the Madison River with grass blowing in the foreground. Credit: Merv Coleman. | |
Grass blowing in the wind next to Axolotl Lake. Credit: Merv Coleman. | ![]() | Metal sign blowing in the wind. Doyon, North Dakota. Credit: Library of Congress. | |
![]() | The Uinta Mountains in spring with light snows blowing in. Wasatch County, Utah. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Corn blowing in the wind near Suffield, Connecticut. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
Expression using "BLOWING IN": blowing in from bank. Additional references. | |
| 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 |
blowing in the wind | 27 |
blowing in lyrics wind | 15 |
art blowing in park rock | 6 |
blowing in the wind bob dylan | 5 |
art blowing in nc park rock | 3 |
asia blowing in whistle | 2 |
blowing in mary paul peter wind | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "BLOWING IN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | opstart (bootstrap, lighting up, start-up, to blow in, to light up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | aansteken (communicate, illuminate, infect, kindle, light, switch, turn on), aanblazen (blow, fan). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | mise à feu (to blow in), mettre à feu (to blow in), allumer (to blow in). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Anblasen (blow at, blow on). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | άναμμα υψικαμίνου (lighting up, to blow in, to light up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | entrare in marcia (lighting up, to blow in, to light up), avviare (begin, direct, initiate, prime, set, set out, set up, start, start up, switch on). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | owingblay inay arranque do forno (lighting up, to blow in, to light up). (various references) encendido del horno (lighting up, to blow in, to light up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-g-i-i-l-n-n-o-w" | |
-2 letters: blowing, boiling, bowling. | |
-3 letters: boning, bowing, globin, goblin, lignin, lining, lowing, oiling, owning, wiling, wining. | |
-4 letters: bingo, blini, blown, boing, inion, lingo, linin, owing. | |
-5 letters: blin, blow, boil, bong, bowl, glib, glob, glow, gown, ling, linn, lino, lion, loin, long, lown, noil, wing, wino. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-g-i-i-l-n-n-o-w" | |
+3 letters: snowmobiling. | |
+4 letters: snowmobilings. | |
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