blast

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See also -blast, bläst, and blåst

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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.
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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.
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Interjection [edit]

blast

  1. Blast it; damn it.
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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).
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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

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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.

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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.