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BLAST
/blæst/
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What does BLAST mean?
noun
- A violent gust of wind (in windy weather) or apparent wind (around a moving vehicle).
- 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.
More meanings (34)
noun
- The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace.
- 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.
- A direct and fast swing of a bat; a home run.
- A verbal attack or punishment; a severe criticism or reprimand.
- An explosive charge for blasting.
- A loud, sudden sound.
- Unwanted noise from a microphone.
- A sudden pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight.
- (figuratively, informal) A good time; an enjoyable moment.
- A promotional message sent to an entire mailing list.
- A flatulent disease of sheep.
- (slang) A period of full dosage of PEDs as opposed to a period of reduced intake.
- An immature or undifferentiated cell (e.g., lymphoblast, myeloblast).
verb
- To make an impression on, by making a loud blast or din.
- To make a loud noise.
- (informal) To play (music) very loudly out of a speaker.
- To shatter, as if by an explosion.
- To open up a hole in, usually by means of a sudden and imprecise method (such as an explosion).
- To curse; to damn.
- To shoot, especially with an energy weapon (as opposed to one which fires projectiles).
- To shoot; kick the ball in hope of scoring a goal.
- (slang) To shoot; to attack or shoot (someone or a place).
- To criticize or reprimand severely; to verbally discipline or punish.
- To bring destruction or ruin on; to destroy.
- To blight or wither.
- (slang) To have a period of full dosage of PEDs as opposed to reducing them during a cruise period.
- (slang) To cover in tattoos.
- (informal) To run a nucleotide sequence (for nucleic acids) or an amino acid sequence (for proteins) through a BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool).
- (informal) Alternative letter-case form of blast (to run a sequence through BLAST)
- (obsolete) To be blighted or withered.
- (obsolete) To blow (as, on a trumpet).
interjection
- (informal) Used to show anger or disappointment: damn
proper noun
- An algorithm which compares similarities between sequences of nucleotides in nucleic acids or of amino acids in proteins.
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IPA pronunciation
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The tempest rose higher and higher, and presently the sail tore loose from its fastenings and went winging away on the blast.
The post attends, and she delivers it, Charging the sour-faced groom to hie as fast As lagging fowls before the northern blast.
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They went through the blast furnaces, through rolling mills where bars of steel were tossed about and chopped like bits of cheese.
Pity, that “new-born babe” which was by-and-by to rule many a storm within her, did not “stride the blast” on this occasion.
If a Fan be constructed on this common-sense principle, we shall secure the maximum of blast from the minimum of driving power.