[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

-blast \-blast\ gr. blasto`s sprout, shoot.
   a suffix or terminal formative, used principally in
   biological terms, and signifying growth, formation; as,
   bioblast, epiblast, mesoblast, etc.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

blast \blast\ bl.ast, n. as. bl=aest a puff of wind, a
   blowing; akin to icel. bl=astr, ohg. bl=ast, and fr. a
   verb akin to icel. bl=asa to blow, ohg. bl^asan, goth.
   bl=esan in comp.; all prob. from the same root as e.
   blow. see blow to eject air.
   1. a violent gust of wind.
      1913 webster

            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.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   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.
         1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   4. the sound made by blowing a wind instrument; strictly, the
      sound produces at one breath.
      1913 webster

            one blast upon his bugle horn
            were worth a thousand men.            --sir w.
                                                  scott.
      1913 webster

            the blast of triumph o'er thy grave.  --bryant.
      1913 webster

   5. a sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind,
      especially on animals and plants; a blight.
      1913 webster

            by the blast of god they perish.      --job iv. 9.
      1913 webster

            virtue preserved from fell destruction's blast.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   7. a flatulent disease of sheep.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
blow blast furnace blast hole blast nozzle blast orifice in full blast 
blast 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
      1913 webster

            seven thin ears, and blasted with the east wind.
                                                  --gen. xii. 6.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            i'll cross it, though it blast me.    --shak.
      1913 webster

            blasted with excess of light.         --t. gray.
      1913 webster

   3. to confound by a loud blast or din.
      1913 webster

            trumpeters,
            with brazen din blast you the city's ear. --shak.
      1913 webster

   4. to rend open by any explosive agent, as gunpowder,
      dynamite, etc.; to shatter; as, to blast rocks.
      1913 webster
see also:
blasted blasting 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

blast \blast\, v. i.
   1. to be blighted or withered; as, the bud blasted in the
      blossom.
      1913 webster

   2. to blow; to blow on a trumpet. obs.
      1913 webster

            toke his blake trumpe faste
            and gan to puffen and to blaste.      --chaucer.
      1913 webster

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

blast
     n 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
     v 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
see also:
bang clap eruption loud noise gust blow 
good time fire attack flak flack 
blare smash nail boom shell 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

329 moby thesaurus words for "blast":
   bedlam let loose, accurse, aim at, anathematize, at full blast,
   attack, awake the dead, backfire, baffle, balk, bang, bark,
   barrage, bay, beat, bedlam, beep, bell, bellow, belt, blare,
   blaspheme, blast, blast the ear, blast-freeze, blat, blight, blitz,
   blot out, blow, blow a hurricane, blow great guns, blow out,
   blow over, blow the horn, blow to pieces, blow up, blowout, blowup,
   bluster, bobbery, bomb, bombard, boom, brave, brawl, bray, breeze,
   breeze up, brew, brouhaha, bugle, bump off, burst, bust, cancer,
   canker, cannon, cannonade, challenge, charge, charivari, checkmate,
   chirm, circumvent, clamor, clangor, clap, clarion, clatter,
   clobber, come up, commence firing, commotion, completely, confound,
   confront, congeal, contravene, counter, counteract, countermand,
   counterwork, crack, crash, crescendo, criticize, croak, cross,
   curse, damage, damn, darn, dash, deafen, defame, defeat, defy,
   demolish, denounce, destroy, detonate, detonation, devastate, din,
   discharge, discomfit, disconcert, discord, discountenance,
   discredit, dish, disrupt, do in, donnybrook, drub, drunken brawl,
   dry rot, dust, dustup, dynamite, elude, enfilade, entirely, erase,
   eruption, excommunicate, execrate, explode, explosion, fanfare,
   fill the air, fire, fire a volley, fire at, fire upon, fix, flap,
   flare, flash, flaw, flourish of trumpets, flummox, flurry, foil,
   fracas, free-for-all, freeze, freeze solid, freshen, frustrate,
   fulguration, fully, fulminate, fulminate against, fulmination,
   fungus, fusillade, gale, gather, get, give the business, glaciate,
   glacify, go off, gun down, gunshot, gust, hell broke loose, hex,
   hit, honk, howl, hubbub, hue and cry, huff, hullabaloo, ice,
   imprecate, injure, jangle, knock the chocks, lambaste, larrup,
   lay out, lay waste, let off, lick, load, loud noise, maximally,
   mildew, mine, mold, mortar, moth, moth and rust, must, nip, noise,
   noise and shouting, nonplus, off, open fire, open up on, outcry,
   overwhelm, pandemonium, payload, peal, pepper, perplex, pest, pipe,
   pipe up, polish off, pop, pop at, puff, quick-freeze, racket, rage,
   rake, rattle, rattle the windows, refreeze, regelate, rend the air,
   rend the ears, report, resound, rhubarb, ring, rise, roar,
   rock the sky, rot, row, rub out, ruckus, ruction, ruin, rumble,
   rumpus, rust, sabotage, salvo, scotch, scud, set in, set off,
   settle, shatter, shell, shellac, shindy, shivaree, shoot, shoot at,
   shot, shriek, shrivel, slam, slug, smash, smut, snipe, snipe at,
   sound, sound a tattoo, sound taps, spike, split the eardrums,
   split the ears, spoil, spring, squall, squeal, startle the echoes,
   stonewall, storm, strafe, stump, stun, stunt, surge, swell,
   take aim at, take care of, tantara, tantarara, taps, tarantara,
   tattoo, thoroughly, throw a whammy, thunder, thunder against,
   thunderclap, thwart, tintamarre, toot, tootle, torpedo, touch off,
   trumpet, trumpet blast, trumpet call, tumult, tweedle, uproar,
   upset, volley, waft, wallop, warhead, waste, wham, whiff, whiffle,
   whistle, wind, wind gust, wipe out, wither, worm, wreck, zap,
   zero in on

[7] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)

blast
     blocked asynchronous transmission
     
     

[8] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

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.


see also:
blt snarf nuke 

[9] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

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.
     
     
see also:
blt snarf nuke 

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