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Blast Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Blast?
[n] a long and hard-hit fly ball
[n] intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak" [n] a sudden very loud noise [n] an explosion (as of dynamite) [n] a strong current of air; "the tree was bent almost double by the gust" [v] use explosives on; "The enemy has been shelling us all day" [v] hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer" [v] make a strident sound; "She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone" Synonyms | Synonyms for Blast: attack | bang | blare | blow | blowup | boom | clap | eruption | fire | flack | flak | gust | loud noise | nail | shell | smash | strafe Related Terms | Find terms related to Blast: accurse | aim at | anathematize | at full blast | attack | awake the dead | backfire | baffle | balk | bang | bark | barrage | bay | beat | bedlam | Bedlam let loose | beep | bell | bellow | belt | blare | blaspheme | blast | blast the ear | blast-freeze | blat | blight | blitz | blot out | blow | blow a hurricane | blow great guns | blow out | blow over | blow the horn | blow to pieces | blow up | blowout | blowup | bluster | bobbery | bomb | bombard | boom | brave | brawl | bray | breeze | breeze up | brew | brouhaha | bugle | bump off | burst | bust | cancer | canker | cannon | cannonade | challenge | charge | charivari | checkmate | chirm | circumvent | clamor | clangor | clap | clarion | clatter | clobber | come up | commence firing | commotion | completely | confound | confront | congeal | contravene | counter | counteract | countermand | counterwork | crack | crash | crescendo | criticize | croak | cross | curse | damage | damn | darn | dash | deafen | defame | defeat | defy | demolish | denounce | destroy | detonate | detonation | devastate | din | discharge | discomfit | disconcert | discord | discountenance | discredit | dish | disrupt | do in | donnybrook | drub | drunken brawl | dry rot | dust | dustup | dynamite | elude | enfilade | entirely | erase | eruption | excommunicate | execrate | explode | explosion | fanfare | fill the air | fire | fire a volley | fire at | fire upon | fix | flap | flare | flash | flaw | flourish of trumpets | flummox | flurry | foil | fracas | free-for-all | freeze | freeze solid | freshen | frustrate | fulguration | fully | fulminate | fulminate against | fulmination | fungus | fusillade | gale | gather | get | give the business | glaciate | glacify | go off | gun down | gunshot | gust | hell broke loose | hex | hit | honk | howl | hubbub | hue and cry | huff | hullabaloo | ice | imprecate | injure | jangle | knock the chocks | lambaste | larrup | lay out | lay waste | let off | lick | load | loud noise | maximally | mildew | mine | mold | mortar | moth | moth and rust | must | nip | noise | noise and shouting | nonplus | off | open fire | open up on | outcry | overwhelm | pandemonium | payload | peal | pepper | perplex | pest | pipe | pipe up | polish off | pop | pop at | puff | quick-freeze | racket | rage | rake | rattle | rattle the windows | refreeze | regelate | rend the air | rend the ears | report | resound | rhubarb | ring | rise | roar | rock the sky | rot | row | rub out | ruckus | ruction | ruin | rumble | rumpus | rust | sabotage | salvo | scotch | scud | set in | set off | settle | shatter | shell | shellac | shindy | shivaree | shoot | shoot at | shot | shriek | shrivel | slam | slug | smash | smut | snipe | snipe at | sound | sound a tattoo | sound taps | spike | split the eardrums | split the ears | spoil | spring | squall | squeal | startle the echoes | stonewall | storm | strafe | stump | stun | stunt | surge | swell | take aim at | take care of | tantara | tantarara | taps | tarantara | tattoo | thoroughly | throw a whammy | thunder | thunder against | thunderclap | thwart | tintamarre | toot | tootle | torpedo | touch off | trumpet | trumpet blast | trumpet call | tumult | tweedle | uproar | upset | volley | waft | wallop | warhead | waste | wham | whiff | whiffle | whistle | wind | wind gust | wipe out | wither | worm | wreck | zap | zero in on See Also | bluster | bomb | bomb blast | bombard | criticism | crump | detonation | explosion | fly | fly ball | hit | make noise | noise | noise | puff | puff of air | resound | sandblast | unfavorable judgment | water hammer | whiff | wind Blast In Webster's Dictionary \-blast\ [Gr. ? sprout, shoot.]
A suffix or terminal formative, used principally in
biological terms, and signifying growth, formation; as,
bioblast, epiblast, mesoblast, etc.
\Blast\ (bl[.a]st), n. [AS. bl[=ae]st a puff of wind, a blowing; akin to Icel. bl[=a]str, OHG. bl[=a]st, and fr. a verb akin to Icel. bl[=a]sa to blow, OHG. bl[^a]san, Goth. bl[=e]san (in comp.); all prob. from the same root as E. blow. See {Blow} to eject air.] 1. A violent gust of wind. And see where surly Winter passes off, Far to the north, and calls his ruffian blasts; His blasts obey, and quit the howling hill. --Thomson. 2. A forcible stream of air from an orifice, as from a bellows, the mouth, etc. Hence: The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace; as, to melt so many tons of iron at a blast. Note: The terms hot blast and cold blast are employed to designate whether the current is heated or not heated before entering the furnace. A blast furnace is said to be in blast while it is in operation, and out of blast when not in use. 3. The exhaust steam from and 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. 4. The sound made by blowing a wind instrument; strictly, the sound produces at one breath. One blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand men. --Sir W. Scott. The blast of triumph o'er thy grave. --Bryant. 5. A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight. By the blast of God they perish. --Job iv. 9. Virtue preserved from fell destruction's blast. --Shak. 6. The act of rending, or attempting to rend, heavy masses of rock, earth, etc., by the explosion of gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; also, the charge used for this purpose. ``Large blasts are often used.'' --Tomlinson. 7. A flatulent disease of sheep. {Blast furnace}, a furnace, usually a shaft furnace for smelting ores, into which air is forced by pressure. {Blast hole}, a hole in the bottom of a pump stock through which water enters. {Blast nozzle}, a fixed or variable orifice in the delivery end of a blast pipe; -- called also {blast orifice}. {In full blast}, in complete operation; in a state of great activity. See {Blast}, n., 2. [Colloq.] \Blast\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blasting}.] 1. To injure, as by a noxious wind; to cause to wither; to stop or check the growth of, and prevent from fruit-bearing, by some pernicious influence; to blight; to shrivel. Seven thin ears, and blasted with the east wind. --Gen. xii. 6. 2. Hence, to affect with some sudden violence, plague, calamity, or blighting influence, which destroys or causes to fail; to visit with a curse; to curse; to ruin; as, to blast pride, hopes, or character. I'll cross it, though it blast me. --Shak. Blasted with excess of light. --T. Gray. 3. To confound by a loud blast or din. Trumpeters, With brazen din blast you the city's ear. --Shak. 4. To rend open by any explosive agent, as gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; to shatter; as, to blast rocks. \Blast\, v. i. 1. To be blighted or withered; as, the bud blasted in the blossom. 2. To blow; to blow on a trumpet. [Obs.] Toke his blake trumpe faste And gan to puffen and to blaste. --Chaucer. |
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