Blast Definition

blăst
blasted, blasting, blasts
noun
blasts
A gust of wind; strong rush of air.
Webster's New World
The effect of such a gust.
American Heritage
A strong, artificially created jet of air, steam, exhaust gases, etc.
Webster's New World
The sound of a sudden rush of air or gas, as through a trumpet.
Webster's New World
The steady current of air forced into a blast furnace.
Webster's New World
Antonyms:
verb
blasted, blasting, blasts
To knock down or shatter by explosion; smash.
American Heritage
To play or sound loudly.
The amplifiers blasted the music.
American Heritage
To set off explosives, gunfire, etc.
Webster's New World
To damage or destroy by or as if by a blight; wither; ruin.
Webster's New World
To cause to move with great force; hurl.
The volcanic eruption blasted rock far and wide.
American Heritage
Antonyms:
suffix
An immature, embryonic stage in the development of cells or tissues.
Erythroblast.
American Heritage Medicine
A crystal or mineral deposit formed in metamorphic rock.
Porphyroblast.
American Heritage
affix
Webster's New World
Germ, embryo.
Epiblast.
Webster's New World
interjection
Blast it; damn it.
Wiktionary
idiom
full blast
  • At full speed, volume, or capacity:

    turned the radio up full blast.

American Heritage
blast off
  • to take off with explosive force and begin its flight
Webster's New World
(at) full blast
  • at full speed or capacity
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Blast

Noun

Singular:
blast
Plural:
blasts

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Blast

Origin of Blast

  • From Middle English blast from Old English blǣst (“blowing, blast”), from Proto-Germanic *blēstaz, *blēstuz (“blowing, blast”). Cognate with German Blast (“wind, blowing”). More at blow.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English blǣst bhlē- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek βλαστός (blastos, “germ or sprout”).

    From Wiktionary

  • From Ancient Greek βλαστός (blastos, “germ, sprout").

    From Wiktionary

  • From Greek blastos bud, germ

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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