OTHER WORDS FOR blast
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Idioms about blast
at full blast, at maximum capacity; at or with full volume or speed: The factory is going at full blast.Also full blast.
Origin of blast
First recorded before 1000; 1955–60 for def. 7a; Middle English (noun and verb); Old English blǣst (noun) “a blowing”; akin to Old Norse blāstr, Old High German blāst; see blow2
synonym study for blast
1. See wind1.
OTHER WORDS FROM blast
blast·er, nounblast·y, adjectiveblast·i·er, adjectiveblast·i·est, adjectiveOther definitions for blast (2 of 2)
-blast
a combining form meaning “bud, sprout,” “embryo,” “formative cells or cell layer,” used in the formation of compound words: ectoblast.
Origin of -blast
<Greek, combining form of blastós a bud, sprout
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How to use blast in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for blast (1 of 2)
blast
/ (blɑːst) /
noun
interjection
slang an exclamation of annoyance (esp in phrases such as blast it! and blast him!)
verb
See also blastoff
Derived forms of blast
blaster, nounWord Origin for blast
Old English blǣst, related to Old Norse blāstr
British Dictionary definitions for blast (2 of 2)
-blast
n combining form
(in biology) indicating an embryonic cell or formative layermesoblast
Word Origin for -blast
from Greek blastos bud
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