English Explanatory Dictionary

blast

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A violent gust of wind (in windy weather) or apparent wind (around a moving vehicle).
  2. A forcible stream of gas or liquid from an orifice, for example from a bellows, the tuyeres of a blast furnace, a person's mouth, etc.
  3. A hit of a recreational drug from a pipe.
  4. The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace.
  5. The exhaust steam from an engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by the blast.
  6. An explosion, especially for the purpose of destroying a mass of rock, etc.
  7. A verbal attack or punishment; a severe criticism or reprimand.
  8. An explosive charge for blasting.
  9. A loud, sudden sound.
  10. Unwanted noise from a microphone.
  11. A sudden pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight.
  12. A good time; an enjoyable moment.
verb
  1. To make an impression on, by making a loud blast or din.
  2. To make a loud noise.
  3. To play (music) very loudly out of a speaker.
  4. To shatter, as if by an explosion.
  5. To open up a hole in, usually by means of a sudden and imprecise method (such as an explosion).
  6. To curse; to damn.
  7. To shoot, especially with an energy weapon (as opposed to one which fires projectiles).
  8. To shoot; kick the ball in hope of scoring a goal.
  9. To shoot; to attack or shoot (someone or a place).
  10. To criticize or reprimand severely; to verbally discipline or punish.
  11. To bring destruction or ruin on; to destroy.
  12. To blight or wither.
intj
  1. Used to show anger or disappointment: damn
noun
  1. An immature or undifferentiated cell (e.g., lymphoblast, myeloblast).
verb
  1. To run a nucleotide sequence (for nucleic acids) or an amino acid sequence (for proteins) through a BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool).
name
  1. An algorithm which compares similarities between sequences of nucleotides in nucleic acids or of amino acids in proteins.
verb
  1. Alternative letter-case form of blast (to run a sequence through BLAST)

Pronunciation

bläst /blɑːst/ blăst /blæst/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-blast.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Simplificationalizer-blast.wav

Word forms

blast blasts blasting blasted

Etymology

From Middle English blast, blest, from Old English blǣst (“blowing, blast”), from Proto-West Germanic *blāstu, from Proto-Germanic *blēstuz (“blowing, blast”). Cognate with West Frisian blast (“blast”), dialectal Dutch blast (“stubborn intent, drumming”), obsolete German Blast (“wind, blowing”), German blasen (“to blow”), Dutch blazen (“to blow”), Danish blæst (“wind”), French blaser (“to blunt, dull”). More at blow.

Synonyms

admonish animadvert bash bawl out slash lash blame scorch blast berate berisp castigate censure charge chastise chew out chide condemn criticize denounce denunciate deprecate derogate dispraise drag dress down eat someone alive excoriate find fault fulminate get at get down get up give somebody a piece of one's mind give somebody what-for inveigh lace into lambaste lay into lecture light into objurgate pooh-pooh put someone on blast rate read somebody the riot act rebuke reprehend reprimand reproach reprove rip into rubbish savage scold skewer slam slate tear into tell off

Derived words

airblast antiblast arc blast ass-blast at one blast backblast beer blast Blastaway blast beat blast chilling blast 'em up blast from the past blast furnace blast gear blast lamp blastment blastoff blast-off blast pen blastpipe blast pipe blast processing blastproof blast radius blastwave blasty brachyblast brain blast counterblast e-blast fan-blast fingerblast fireblast fire blast full blast gosling blast hammer blast hot blast jet blast muzzle blast nematoblast on blast playblast prop blast put someone on blast rice blast rubber ball blast grenade superblast thunderblast whirlblast windblast blaster beblast blastable blast away blasthole blasting gelatin blasting gelatine blastissimo blast off
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