Definitions for blast
blæst, blɑstblast

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. blastnoun

   a very long fly ball

2. bang, clap, eruption, blast, bamnoun

   a sudden very loud noise

3. gust, blast, blownoun

   a strong current of air

   "the tree was bent almost double by the gust"

4. blastnoun

   an explosion (as of dynamite)

5. good time, blastnoun

   a highly pleasurable or exciting experience

   "we had a good time at the party"; "celebrating after the game was a blast"

6. fire, attack, flak, flack, blastverb

   intense adverse criticism

   "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak"

7. blast, blareverb

   make a strident sound

   "She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone"

8. smash, nail, boom, blastverb

   hit hard

   "He smashed a 3-run homer"

9. blast, shellverb

   use explosives on

   "The enemy has been shelling us all day"

10. blastverb

    apply a draft or strong wind to to

    "the air conditioning was blasting cold air at us"

11. blast, shellverb

    create by using explosives

    "blast a passage through the mountain"

12. blastverb

    make with or as if with an explosion

    "blast a tunnel through the Alps"

13. blast, shootverb

    fire a shot

    "the gunman blasted away"

14. savage, blast, pillory, crucifyverb

    criticize harshly or violently

    "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"

15. blast, knock downverb

    shatter as if by explosion

16. blastverb

    shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Blastnoun

   a violent gust of wind

2. Blastnoun

   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

3. Blastnoun

   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. Blastnoun

   the sound made by blowing a wind instrument; strictly, the sound produces at one breath

5. Blastnoun

   a sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight

6. Blastnoun

   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

7. Blastnoun

   a flatulent disease of sheep

8. Blastverb

   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

9. Blastverb

   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

10. Blastverb

    to confound by a loud blast or din

11. Blastverb

    to rend open by any explosive agent, as gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; to shatter; as, to blast rocks

12. Blastverb

    to be blighted or withered; as, the bud blasted in the blossom

13. Blastverb

    to blow; to blow on a trumpet

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. BLAST

   In bioinformatics, Basic Local Alignment Search Tool, or BLAST, is an algorithm for comparing primary biological sequence information, such as the amino-acid sequences of different proteins or the nucleotides of DNA sequences. A BLAST search enables a researcher to compare a query sequence with a library or database of sequences, and identify library sequences that resemble the query sequence above a certain threshold. Different types of BLASTs are available according to the query sequences. For example, following the discovery of a previously unknown gene in the mouse, a scientist will typically perform a BLAST search of the human genome to see if humans carry a similar gene; BLAST will identify sequences in the human genome that resemble the mouse gene based on similarity of sequence. The BLAST program was designed by Stephen Altschul, Warren Gish, Webb Miller, Eugene Myers, and David J. Lipman at the NIH and was published in the Journal of Molecular Biology in 1990.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Blast

   blast, n. a blowing or gust of wind: a forcible stream of air: sound of a wind instrument; an explosion of gunpowder: anything pernicious.—v.t. to strike with some pernicious influence, to blight: to affect with sudden violence or calamity: to rend asunder with gunpowder.—adj. Blast′ed, blighted: cursed, damned.—ns. Blast′-fur′nace, a smelting furnace into which hot air is blown; Blast′-hole, a hole in the bottom of a pump through which water enters; Blast′ing, the separating of masses of stone by means of an explosive substance; Blast′ing-gel′atine, a powerful explosive made of gun-cotton and nitro-glycerine; Blast′ment, withering or shrivelling up caused by blasting; Blast′-pipe, a pipe in a steam-engine, to convey the waste-steam up the chimney. [A.S. blǽst; cf. Ice. beása; Ger. blasen.]

The New Hacker's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. blast

   1. v.,n. Synonym for BLT, used esp. for large data sends over a network or comm line. Opposite of snarf. Usage: uncommon. The variant ‘blat’ has been reported. 2. vt. [HP/Apollo] Synonymous with nuke (sense 3). Sometimes the message Unable to kill all processes. Blast them (y/n)? would appear in the command window upon logout.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. blast

   A sudden and violent gust of wind: it is generally of short duration, and succeeded by a fine breeze.--To blast, to blow up with gunpowder.

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1. blastverb

   The act of shooting a firearm.

2. blastverb

   pcp.

3. blastverb

   To play music loud.

4. blastverb

   To "put someone on blast": to call them out as being wrong.

5. blastverb

   Last black man standing during a shoot out.

6. blastnoun

   Hit from a crack pipe.

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1. blast

   Song lyrics by blast -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by blast on the Lyrics.com website.

Matched Categories

1. • Baseball
   • Blow
   • Bombard
   • Create
   • Criticize
   • Cut
   • Experience
   • Explosion
   • Fire
   • Fly
   • Make Noise
   • Shrivel
   • Smash
   • Wind

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'blast' in Nouns Frequency: #3010

Anagrams for blast »

1. Balts

2. Blats

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of blast in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of blast in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of blast in a Sentence

1. Basir Jan:

   Before the blast we were so happy, all our family, relatives and friends were at the hall and we were enjoying the wedding, when the blast happened, I saw dead bodies of my relatives and friends. Eight of my close friends were killed in the blast. It was a scene I will always remember.

2. Nur Ali:

   So far we know three Turkish engineers and their translator were injured. Two other police men were injured in the blast.

3. Colin Wayne:

   Due to the force of the blast I suffered a concussion and I remember yelling for a medic but nobody was around me. It was pitch black, I couldnt see my hand in front of my face, my leg was throbbing in pain, I could barely breathe due to the massive amount of debris in the air. After a few minutes, two soldiers came in and got me, but those [four to five]minutes felt like hours. So coming back stateside, I have been told by family members that I was a lot more distant and that I had changed some.

4. Mohamed Yassin:

   That particular passenger( who was behind the blast) boarded the aircraft on a Turkish Airlines boarding pass and was on the list for the Turkish Airlines manifest.

5. Robert Brown:

   We are disappointed and concerned by statements that reduce individuals to stereotypes on the basis of a broad category such as sex, race, or ethnicity, Brown wrote in a blast e-mail to the Boston University community. I believe Dr. Grundy’s remarks fit this characterization.

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