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Blast
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- 1 Used to show anger or disappointment: damn British, informal
"Now, where's my Labour membership card, so I can consider whether to tear it up? Blast, it's plastic..."
- 1 An algorithm which compares similarities between sequences of nucleotides in nucleic acids or of amino acids in proteins.
- 1 A violent gust of wind (in windy weather) or apparent wind (around a moving vehicle). countable, uncountable
"And see where surly Winter passes off, / Far to the north, and calls his ruffian blasts; / His blasts obey, and quit the howling hill."
- 2 An immature or undifferentiated cell (e.g., lymphoblast, myeloblast).
- 3 a very long fly ball wordnet
- 4 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. countable, uncountable
- 5 intense adverse criticism wordnet
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- 6 A hit of a recreational drug from a pipe. countable, uncountable
- 7 a highly pleasurable or exciting experience wordnet
- 8 The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace. countable, uncountable
"Many tons of iron were melted at a blast."
- 9 a sudden very loud noise wordnet
- 10 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. countable, uncountable
- 11 an explosion (as of dynamite) wordnet
- 12 An explosion, especially for the purpose of destroying a mass of rock, etc. countable, uncountable
"arc blast"
- 13 a strong current of air wordnet
- 14 A verbal attack or punishment; a severe criticism or reprimand. countable, uncountable
"My manager gave me a blast yesterday for coming in late."
- 15 An explosive charge for blasting. countable, uncountable
"1852-1854, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts Large blasts are often used."
- 16 A loud, sudden sound. countable
"One blast upon his bugle horn / Were worth a thousand men."
- 17 Unwanted noise from a microphone. uncountable
"[…] 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, microphone, […]"
- 18 A sudden pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight. countable, uncountable
"By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed."
- 19 A good time; an enjoyable moment. countable, figuratively, informal, uncountable
"We had a blast at the party last night."
- 20 A promotional message sent to an entire mailing list. countable, uncountable
"an e-mail blast; a fax blast"
- 21 A flatulent disease of sheep. countable, uncountable
- 22 A period of full dosage of PEDs as opposed to a period of reduced intake. countable, slang, uncountable
"blast and cruise"
- 1 To make an impression on, by making a loud blast or din. transitive
"Trumpeters, / With brazen din blast you the city's ear."
- 2 To run a nucleotide sequence (for nucleic acids) or an amino acid sequence (for proteins) through a BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool). informal, transitive
"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."
- 3 Alternative letter-case form of blast (to run a sequence through BLAST) alt-of, informal, transitive
"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."
- 4 shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly wordnet
- 5 To make a loud noise. intransitive
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- 6 shatter as if by explosion wordnet
- 7 To play (music) very loudly out of a speaker. informal, transitive
"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.""
- 8 criticize harshly or violently wordnet
- 9 To shatter, as if by an explosion. transitive
- 10 fire a shot; release wordnet
- 11 To open up a hole in, usually by means of a sudden and imprecise method (such as an explosion). transitive
"Blast right through it."
- 12 use explosives on wordnet
- 13 To curse; to damn. transitive
"Blast it! Foiled again."
- 14 hit with great force wordnet
- 15 To shoot, especially with an energy weapon (as opposed to one which fires projectiles). transitive
"Chewbacca blasted the Stormtroopers with his laser rifle."
- 16 make with or as if with an explosion wordnet
- 17 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."
- 18 create by using explosives wordnet
- 19 To shoot; to attack or shoot (someone or a place). intransitive, slang, transitive
"They showed up blasting."
- 20 apply a draft or strong wind to to wordnet
- 21 To criticize or reprimand severely; to verbally discipline or punish. transitive
"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."
- 22 make a strident sound wordnet
- 23 To bring destruction or ruin on; to destroy. transitive
"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?"
- 24 To blight or wither. transitive
"A cold wind blasted the rose plants."
- 25 To be blighted or withered. intransitive, obsolete
"The bud blasted in the blossom."
- 26 To blow, for example on a trumpet. intransitive, obsolete
- 27 To have a period of full dosage of PEDs as opposed to reducing them during a cruise period. slang
"blast and cruise"
Etymology
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.
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”).
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”).
From Ancient Greek βλαστός (blastós, “germ or sprout”).
From BLAST (an acronym for Basic Local Alignment Search Tool).
An acronym of Basic Local Alignment Search Tool.
An acronym of Basic Local Alignment Search Tool.
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