inblow

English

Etymology

From Middle English inblowen, from Old English inblāwan (“to inspire, breathe upon, inflate, puff up”), equivalent to in- +‎ blow. Doublet of inflate.

Verb

inblow (third-person singular simple present inblows, present participle inblowing, simple past inblew, past participle inblown)

1. (transitive) To blow into; puff up; inflate.
2. (transitive) To breathe into; inspire.
   • 1998, William C. Chittick, The self-disclosure of God:

     Then the spiritual and sensory faculties follow the creation of this partial spirit that is inblown by way of tawḥīd, for He says, I blew [15:29]. As for the spirit of Jesus, it is inblown through bringing together and manyness, for within him are the faculties ...

3. (intransitive) To blow in.

Noun

inblow (plural inblows)

1. The act or process of blowing in or into; inflation.
   • 1949, Institution of Mining Engineers (Great Britain), Transactions of the Institution of Mining Engineers: Volume 109:

     During the full gasification stage, after piercing has been effected, the enlargement of the cracks requires a progressively increasing inblow.

   • 1980, O. (Otto) Neugebauer, Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR., Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematics abstracts: Volume 419:

     Within the frame of the Pandtl model the evident formula for the principle of rate defect in a turbulent boundary layer are obtained when unregular inblow takes place as well as in tubes with exhausting and inblow.

2. That which is blown in.

Anagrams

• Bowlin, Wilbon, blow-in, blowin'