blast

English Online Dictionary. What means blast‎? What does blast mean?

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bläst, IPA^(key): /blɑːst/
• (General American) enPR: blăst, IPA^(key): /blæst/
• Rhymes: -ɑːst, -æst

Etymology 1

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.

Noun

blast (plural blasts)

2. A violent gust of wind.
3. A forcible stream of gas or liquid from an orifice, for example from a bellows, the mouth, etc.
4. A hit of a recreational drug from a pipe.
5. The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace.
6. 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.
7. An explosion, especially for the purpose of destroying a mass of rock, etc.
8. A verbal attack or punishment; a severe criticism or reprimand.
9. An explosive charge for blasting.
   • 1852-1854, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts

     Large blasts are often used.

10. A loud, sudden sound.
11. A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight.
13. (figuratively, informal) A good time; an enjoyable moment.

14. (marketing) A promotional message sent to an entire mailing list.

15. A flatulent disease of sheep.
16. (bodybuilding, slang) A period of full dosage of PEDs as opposed to a period of reduced intake.

    Coordinate term: cruise

    blast and cruise

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Irish: bleaist

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English blasten, blesten, from Old English blǣstan (“to blow, blast”), from Proto-West Germanic *blēstijan, from Proto-Germanic *blēstijaną. Possibly related to Middle High German blesten (“to stand out, plop, splash”).

Verb

blast (third-person singular simple present blasts, present participle blasting, simple past and past participle blasted)

1. (transitive) To make an impression on, by making a loud blast or din.
2. (intransitive) To make a loud noise.
3. (transitive, informal) To play (music) very loudly out of a speaker.
4. (transitive) To shatter, as if by an explosion.
5. (transitive) To open up a hole in, usually by means of a sudden and imprecise method (such as an explosion).

6. (transitive) To curse; to damn.

7. (transitive, science fiction) To shoot, especially with an energy weapon (as opposed to one which fires projectiles).

8. (soccer) To shoot; kick the ball in hope of scoring a goal.
9. (transitive, intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To shoot; to attack or shoot (someone or a place).

10. (transitive) To criticize or reprimand severely; to verbally discipline or punish.

    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:criticize
11. (transitive) To bring destruction or ruin on; to destroy.
12. (transitive) To blight or wither.

13. (intransitive, obsolete) To be blighted or withered.
14. (intransitive, obsolete) To blow, for example on a trumpet.
15. (bodybuilding, slang) To have a period of full dosage of PEDs as opposed to reducing them during a cruise period.

    Coordinate term: cruise

    blast and cruise

Derived terms

Descendants

• ⇒ Italian: blastare

Translations

Interjection

blast

1. (chiefly British, informal, mildly blasphemous) Used to show anger or disappointment: damn

Usage notes

Can be used on its own or in the form "blast it!".

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 3

From Ancient Greek βλαστός (blastós, “germ or sprout”).

Noun

blast (plural blasts)

1. (cytology) An immature or undifferentiated cell (e.g., lymphoblast, myeloblast).

Derived terms

• blast cell
• blastocyte
• blastoma

Translations

Etymology 4

From BLAST (an acronym for Basic Local Alignment Search Tool).

Verb

blast (third-person singular simple present blasts, present participle blasting, simple past and past participle blasted)

1. (biology, informal, transitive) To run a nucleotide sequence (for nucleic acids) or an amino acid sequence (for proteins) through a BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool).

Alternative forms

• BLAST

Anagrams

• Balts, blats

German

Pronunciation

Verb

blast

1. inflection of blasen:
   1. second-person plural present
   2. plural imperative

Irish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βλαστός (blastós, “germ, sprout”).

Noun

blast m (genitive singular blast, nominative plural blastaí)

1. (cytology) blast

Declension

Derived terms

• -blast
• blastchill (“blast cell”)

Mutation

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from English blast.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blast/

Noun

blast m (plural blastijiet)

1. blast (violent gust of wind)

Related terms

Middle English

Alternative forms

• blaste, blæst, blest

Etymology

From Old English blǣst, from Proto-West Germanic *blāst(i), from Proto-Germanic *blēstuz; equivalent to blasen +‎ -th.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blast/, /blɛːst/

Noun

blast (plural blastes)

1. A blast; a sudden and forceful motion of wind.
2. One's breathing or respiring; the act of respiration.
3. The blast produced by a musical instrument.
4. An emission or expulsion of fire or flames.
5. The sound produced by thunder or storms.
6. (rare) The making of a pronouncement or proclamation.
7. (rare) One's spiritual essence; the soul.
8. (rare) A striking or attack.
9. (rare) Flatulence; the making of a fart.

Derived terms

• blasten

Descendants

• English: blast
  • → Irish: bleaist
• Scots: blast

References

• “blast, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-27.

Swedish

Etymology

From dialectal blasta, formed from blädhia, bläda, both variants of blad (“leaf”).

Noun

blast c (definite form blasten)

1. (uncountable) The stem and leaves of a vegetable, of which you're only supposed to eat the root. E.g. in potatoes or carrots.