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blast¹
- /blɑːst/ UK
- /blæst/ US
Rhymes with -ɑːst, -æst
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English blast, 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 blasts
- A violent gust of wind (in windy weather) or apparent wind (around a moving vehicle). And see where surly Winter passes off, / Far to the north, and calls his ruffian blasts; / His blasts obey, and quit the howling hill.
- 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.
- A hit of a recreational drug from a pipe.
- The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace. Many tons of iron were melted at a blast.
- 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.
- An explosion, especially for the purpose of destroying a mass of rock, etc. arc blast
- A direct and fast swing of a bat; a home run.
- A verbal attack or punishment; a severe criticism or reprimand. My manager gave me a blast yesterday for coming in late.
- An explosive charge for blasting. 1852-1854, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts Large blasts are often used.
- A loud, sudden sound. One blast upon his bugle horn / Were worth a thousand men.
- Unwanted noise from a microphone. […] the microphone has been unostentatiously working out its own destiny here and abroad, mainly in America. Evolution seems to be most promising (in the elimination of "microphone blast" and background noises — common faults of the earlier types) in the direction of the electrostatic, or condenser,
- A sudden pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight. By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
- A good time; an enjoyable moment. We had a blast at the party last night.
- A promotional message sent to an entire mailing list. an e-mail blast; a fax blast
- A flatulent disease of sheep.
- A period of full dosage of PEDs as opposed to a period of reduced intake. blast and cruise
blast²
- /blɑːst/ UK
- /blæst/ US
Rhymes with -ɑːst, -æst
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English blasten, 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 blasts · blasting · blasted
- To make an impression on, by making a loud blast or din. Trumpeters, / With brazen din blast you the city's ear.
- To make a loud noise.
- To play (music) very loudly out of a speaker. Some kid is in his car blasting rap. You know, bass in the trunk and you can hear it 4 blocks away? I signal over to him and say "Hey, turn it up, I can't hear it." He turns around and says, "Shut Up Grandpa."
- To shatter, as if by an explosion. Although Maroczy favored solid, positional chess, there were times when he changed his style and blasted his opponents' defenses to bits.
- To open up a hole in, usually by means of a sudden and imprecise method (such as an explosion). Blast right through it.
- To curse; to damn. Blast it! Foiled again.
- To shoot, especially with an energy weapon (as opposed to one which fires projectiles). Chewbacca blasted the Stormtroopers with his laser rifle.
- To shoot; kick the ball in hope of scoring a goal. 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.
- To shoot; to attack or shoot (someone or a place). They showed up blasting.
- 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.
- To bring destruction or ruin on; to destroy. Oh Portius, is there not some choſen Curſe, Some hidden Thunder in the Stores of Heav’n, Red with uncommon Wrath, to blaſt the Man Who owes his Greatneſs to his Country’s Ruin?
- To blight or wither. A cold wind blasted the rose plants.
- To be blighted or withered. The bud blasted in the blossom.
- To blow (as, on a trumpet).
- To have a period of full dosage of PEDs as opposed to reducing them during a cruise period. blast and cruise
- To cover in tattoos. I don't have the balls to get my face blasted like a rapper.
interjection
- Used to show anger or disappointment: damn Now, where's my Labour membership card, so I can consider whether to tear it up? Blast, it's plastic...
blast³
- /blɑːst/ UK
- /blæst/ US
Rhymes with -ɑːst, -æst
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βλᾰστός (blăstós, “germ or sprout”).
noun blasts
- An immature or undifferentiated cell (e.g., lymphoblast, myeloblast).
blast⁴
- /blɑːst/ UK
- /blæst/ US
Rhymes with -ɑːst, -æst
Where it comes from
From BLAST (“Basic Local Alignment Search Tool”, acronym).
verb blasts · blasting · blasted · BLAST
- To run a nucleotide sequence (for nucleic acids) or an amino acid sequence (for proteins) through a BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool). Blasting nucleotide sequences is not always that easy, because there is more ambiguity to the nucleotide sequence, and good hits have to have a 70% homology over the whole sequence to be reliable, compared to 25% with proteins.
BLAST⁵
Where it comes from
An acronym of Basic Local Alignment Search Tool.
proper noun
- An algorithm which compares similarities between sequences of nucleotides in nucleic acids or of amino acids in proteins.
verb BLASTs · BLASTing · BLASTed
- Alternative letter-case form of blast (to run a sequence through BLAST)blast This program is also capable of BLASTing sequencing results and works with most automated sequencing formats, alleviating the need for conversion of PC-based files.
