blast

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See also -blast, bläst, and blåst

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English [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Middle English blast from Old English blǣst (“blowing, blast”). More at blow.

Noun [edit]

blast (plural blasts)

  1. A violent gust of wind.
  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.
    • 1957, H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry, p. 146:
      Blast was produced by bellows worked by four 'blowers', three of whom worked at a time while the fourth stood ready to replace one of the others.
  3. An explosion.
    • 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, <a href=http://openlibrary.org/works/OL4103950W>Internal Combustion</a>[1]:
      Blast after blast, fiery outbreak after fiery outbreak, like a flaming barrage from within, […] most of Edison's grounds soon became an inferno.  As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities.
  4. A loud, sudden sound.
    A blast from a trumpet.
    • 1884: Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapter VIII
      Then the captain sung out "Stand away!" and the cannon let off such a blast right before me that it made me deef with the noise and pretty near blind with the smoke, and I judged I was gone.
  5. (figuratively) A good time; an enjoyable moment.
Translations [edit]
violent gust of wind
forcible stream of air
explosion
loud, sudden sound
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Verb [edit]

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

  1. (intransitive) To make a loud noise.
  2. (transitive) To shatter, as if by an explosion.
  3. (transitive) To open up a hole in, usually by means of a sudden and imprecise method (such as an explosion).
    Blast right through it.
  4. (transitive) To curse; to damn.
    Blast it! Foiled again.
  5. (transitive) (sci-fi) To shoot, especially with an energy weapon (as opposed to one which fires projectiles).
    Chewbacca blasted the Stormtroopers with his laser rifle.
  6. (soccer) To shoot; kick the ball in hope of scoring a goal.
    • 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, BBC:
      A Ricketts and Stuart Holden one-two around the box then created a decent chance for an almost instant equaliser - but Welsh full-back Ricketts blasted over when a calmer finish could have been rewarded.
  7. To criticize or reprimand severely; to verbally discipline or punish.
    My manager suddenly blasted me yesterday for being a little late to work for five days in a row, because I was never getting myself up on time.
  8. (transitive) To blight or wither.
    A cold wind blasted the rose plants.
  9. (intransitive, obsolete) To be blighted or withered.
    The bud blasted in the blossom.
  10. (obsolete, intransitive) To blow, as on a trumpet.
    • Chaucer
      Toke his blake trumpe faste / And gan to puffen and to blaste.
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
to make a loud noise
to shatter, as if by an explosion
to open up a hole by means of a sudden and imprecise method
to curse; to damn
to shoot with energy weapon
soccer: to shoot towards the goal
to criticize severely, verbally discipline
to blight or wither
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Interjection [edit]

blast

  1. Blast it; damn it.
Translations [edit]
damn it

Etymology 2 [edit]

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

Noun [edit]

blast (plural blasts)

  1. (cytology) An immature or undifferentiated cell (e.g., lymphoblast, myeloblast).
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
(cytology) An immature or precursor cell

Anagrams [edit]

German [edit]

Verb [edit]

blast

  1. Second-person plural present of blasen.
  2. Imperative plural of blasen.

Irish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

Noun [edit]

blast m

  1. (cytology) blast

Declension [edit]

Declension of blast

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative blast blastaí
Vocative a bhlast a bhlastaí
Genitive blast blastaí
Dative blast blastaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an blast na blastaí
Genitive an bhlast na mblastaí
Dative leis an mblast

don bhlast

 leis na blastaí

Mutation [edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
blast bhlast mblast
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Derived terms [edit]

Swedish [edit]

Noun [edit]

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.
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