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Blast : (noun)
1: a long and hard-hit fly ball
2: a sudden very loud noise [syn: bang, clap, eruption, loud
noise]
3: a strong current of air; "the tree was bent almost double by
the gust" [syn: gust, blow]
4: an explosion (as of dynamite)
5: a highly pleasurable or exciting experience; "we had a good
time at the party"; "celebrating after the game was a
blast" [syn: good time]
6: intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the
Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack";
"don't give me any flak" [syn: fire, attack, flak, flack]
(verb)
1: make a strident sound; "She tended to blast when speaking
into a microphone" [syn: blare]
2: hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer" [syn: smash, nail,
boom]
3: use explosives on; "The enemy has been shelling us all day"
[syn: shell]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Blast : \Blast\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blasted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Blasting.]
1. 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.
Seven thin ears, and blasted with the east wind.
--Gen. xii. 6.
2. 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.
I'll cross it, though it blast me. --Shak.
Blasted with excess of light. --T. Gray.
3. To confound by a loud blast or din.
Trumpeters, With brazen din blast you the city's
ear. --Shak.
4. To rend open by any explosive agent, as gunpowder,
dynamite, etc.; to shatter; as, to blast rocks.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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-blast \-blast\ [Gr. ? sprout, shoot.]
A suffix or terminal formative, used principally in
biological terms, and signifying growth, formation; as,
bioblast, epiblast, mesoblast, etc.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Blast : \Blast\ (bl[.a]st), n. [AS. bl[=ae]st a puff of wind, a
blowing; akin to Icel. bl[=a]str, OHG. bl[=a]st, and fr. a
verb akin to Icel. bl[=a]sa to blow, OHG. bl[^a]san, Goth.
bl[=e]san (in comp.); all prob. from the same root as E.
blow. See Blow to eject air.]
1. A violent gust of wind.
And see where surly Winter passes off, Far to the
north, and calls his ruffian blasts; His blasts
obey, and quit the howling hill. --Thomson.
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.
Note: The terms hot blast and cold blast are employed to
designate whether the current is heated or not heated
before entering the furnace. A blast furnace is said to
be in blast while it is in operation, and out of blast
when not in use.
3. 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. The sound made by blowing a wind instrument; strictly, the
sound produces at one breath.
One blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand
men. --Sir W.
Scott.
The blast of triumph o'er thy grave. --Bryant.
5. A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind,
especially on animals and plants; a blight.
By the blast of God they perish. --Job iv. 9.
Virtue preserved from fell destruction's blast.
--Shak.
6. 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.
``Large blasts are often used.'' --Tomlinson.
7. A flatulent disease of sheep.
Blast furnace, a furnace, usually a shaft furnace for
smelting ores, into which air is forced by pressure.
Blast hole, a hole in the bottom of a pump stock through
which water enters.
Blast nozzle, a fixed or variable orifice in the delivery
end of a blast pipe; -- called also blast orifice.
In full blast, in complete operation; in a state of great
activity. See Blast, n., 2. [Colloq.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Blast : \Blast\, v. i.
1. To be blighted or withered; as, the bud blasted in the
blossom.
2. To blow; to blow on a trumpet. [Obs.]
Toke his blake trumpe faste And gan to puffen and to
blaste. --Chaucer.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Blast :
1. BLT, used especially for large data sends over a network
or comm line. Opposite of snarf. Usage: uncommon. The
variant "blat" has been reported.
2. [HP/Apollo] Synonymous with nuke. Sometimes the message
"Unable to kill all processes. Blast them (y/n)?" would
appear in the command window upon logout.
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Blast : BLocked ASynchronous Transmission
Based on Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [Acronyms_Dictionary]:
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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.
Based on Jargon File : [Hackers_Dictionary]:
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Blast : BLAST: Abbreviation for Basic Local Alignment Search Tool, a computer program that identifies genes in different organisms (such as worms, the fruit fly, mice, and humans). Homologous
genes are genes in different species that share similar structures and functions.
A surprisingly large proportion of the gene in mice to do with liking (or not liking) to consume alcohol; using BLAST we can check the human genome in search of an homologous gene.
Based on Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [Hackers_Dictionary]:
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Example Usage of Blast |
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provokateur: @yaili we've got the christmas music on full Blast here! |
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marmitemania: Playing my new Joe McElderry CD at full Blast ,good job we have no neighbours ha ha |
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masterofboing: "Now he's rocking the afterlife, doing double kicks and Blast beats with god" LMAO |
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