upblow

English

Etymology

From Middle English upblowen, equivalent to up- +‎ blow.

Verb

upblow (third-person singular simple present upblows, present participle upblowing, simple past upblew, past participle upblown)

(transitive, obsolete) To inflate.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?).
(transitive, obsolete) To blow up.
- Edmund Spenser
  The wind upblows from the sea.

Translations

inflate

Dutch: opblazen (nl)

German: aufblasen (de)

blow up — see blow up

Anagrams

blow up, blow-up, blowup

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