Found 3 items, similar to Blasts.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: blast angin kencang, letusan, meletuskan, menganginkan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: blast 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] blast 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Blast 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. [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] 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] 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]