Blast
[blɑːst] or [blæst]
Definition
(noun.) a very long fly ball.
(noun.) an explosion (as of dynamite).
(verb.) shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly.
(verb.) shatter as if by explosion.
(verb.) fire a shot; 'the gunman blasted away'.
(verb.) use explosives on; 'The enemy has been shelling us all day'.
(verb.) make with or as if with an explosion; 'blast a tunnel through the Alps'.
(verb.) create by using explosives; 'blast a passage through the mountain'.
(verb.) apply a draft or strong wind to to; 'the air conditioning was blasting cold air at us'.
(verb.) make a strident sound; 'She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone'.
Typist: Willard--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A violent gust of wind.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The sound made by blowing a wind instrument; strictly, the sound produces at one breath.
(n.) A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A flatulent disease of sheep.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To confound by a loud blast or din.
(v. t.) To rend open by any explosive agent, as gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; to shatter; as, to blast rocks.
(v. i.) To be blighted or withered; as, the bud blasted in the blossom.
(v. i.) To blow; to blow on a trumpet.
Typist: Moira
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Gust, squall, sudden breeze.[2]. Peal, blare, clang.[3]. Explosion, outbreak, burst, discharge.[4]. Blight, pestilential influence.
v. a. [1]. Blight, kill, destroy, ruin, annihilate, wither, shrivel.[2]. Rend by explosion.
Checked by Lionel
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Blight, shrivel, destroy, wither
ANT:Restore, expand, swell
SYN:Breeze, efflation, explosion, blight, burst, blaze, frustration, destruction,squall, gale, tempest, hurricane, affiliation
ANT:Zephyr, gentle_breeze, neutralization
Typed by Gus
Definition
n. a blowing or gust of wind: a forcible stream of air: sound of a wind instrument; an explosion of gunpowder: anything pernicious.—v.t. to strike with some pernicious influence to blight: to affect with sudden violence or calamity: to rend asunder with gunpowder.—adj. Blast′ed blighted: cursed damned.—ns. Blast′-fur′nace a smelting furnace into which hot air is blown; Blast′-hole a hole in the bottom of a pump through which water enters; Blast′ing the separating of masses of stone by means of an explosive substance; Blast′ing-gel′atine a powerful explosive made of gun-cotton and nitro-glycerine; Blast′ment withering or shrivelling up caused by blasting; Blast′-pipe a pipe in a steam-engine to convey the waste-steam up the chimney.
Editor: Pedro
Examples
- A recent improvement in the handling of iron from the blast furnace is shown in Fig. 255. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He is negotiating with the Jew, I suppose, replied De Bracy, coolly; probably the howls of Isaac have drowned the blast of the bugle. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- It embodied, as leading features, the steam blast and the multitubular boiler, which latter was six feet long and had twenty-five three-inch tubes. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Pneumatic Transmission: Dodge's Air Blast Conveyor. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- This causes a sound of very great power, which the trumpet collects and compresses, and the blast goes out as a sort of sound beam in the direction required. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The sand after it strikes is carried off by a blast to some receptacle, from which it is returned to its former place for further use. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The object now is subjected to the blast, and as the sand will not penetrate a softened material sufficient to abrade a surface beneath, the exposed portions alone will be cut away. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Thus are we left, said Adrian, two melancholy blasted trees, where once a forest waved. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- But no admonition would help, till that the wind of an hacquebute blasted his shoulder, and then ceased he from further pursuit in fury. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Do you not behold the clouds open, and destruction lurid and dire pour down on the blasted earth? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- His grip has been upon me these twenty years, and he has blasted my life. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I do not like crooked, twisted, blasted trees. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Thus are my hopes blasted by cowardice and indecision; I come back ignorant and disappointed. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- We rode on asses and mules up the steep, narrow streets and entered the subterranean galleries the English have blasted out in the rock. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- What is that electricity they speak of, whose changes make us well or ill, whose lack or excess blasts, whose even balance revives? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Add that the water, being heated and rarefied by the subterraneous fires, may emit fumes, blasts, &c. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The gentlest summer breezes and the fiercest blasts of winter are produced by the unequal heating of air. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The sharp blasts of the chuffing engine broke with more and more force on her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It was a very cold day, with cutting blasts of wind. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Our ice boats cut and break the ice of the river, and through the water beneath our boats daily ply their way to and fro, independent of winter and its blighting blasts. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Violent blasts of rain had accompanied these rages of wind, and the day just closed as I sat down to read had been the worst of all. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- For blasting purposes also it presents the promise of possible utilization. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- This mode of drilling also effected a revolution in the art of blasting. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In 1839 Colonel Pasley blew up the wreck of the Royal George by electro-blasting. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- When it is remembered that most of the 7? miles of tunnel was cut through solid rock, by boring and blasting, the immensity of the undertaking can be appreciated. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Here roared no utterance of Rome's thunders, no blasting of the breath of her displeasure. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- They know that no attack is so disastrous as silence, that no invective is so blasting as the wise and indulgent smile of the people who do not care. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Having adjusted such spectacles the Commission proceeded to look at this curse which is more blasting than any plague or epidemic, at an evil which spells only ruin to the race. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Typed by Benjamin