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 Welsh blew. 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 m (singulative blewen)

1. (collective) hair

• gols

blew

1. Alternative form of blewe

From Middle Welsh blew; cognate with Breton blev and Cornish blew. 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 (collective, singulative blewyn)

1. hair, hairs

   Synonym: gwallt

2. bristles

   Synonym: gwrych

3. fur

   Synonyms: ffwr, manflew

4. blades of grass

   Synonyms: blew cae, blew glas

5. fishbones