blast

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• Received-Pronunciation: bläst
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• Received-Pronunciation: /blɑːst/
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• General-American: blăst
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• General-American: /blæst/
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Inherited from Middle English blasten, from Old English blǣstan (“to blow, blast”), from Proto-West Germanic *blēstijan, from Proto-Germanic *blēstijaną. Possibly related to Middle High German blesten (“to stand out, plop, splash”).

An acronym of Basic Local Alignment Search Tool.

Inherited from Middle English blast, from Old English blǣst (“blowing, blast”), from Proto-West Germanic *blāstu, from Proto-Germanic *blēstuz (“blowing, blast”). Cognate with West Frisian blast (“blast”), dialectal Dutch blast (“stubborn intent, drumming”), obsolete German Blast (“wind, blowing”), German blasen (“to blow”), Dutch blazen (“to blow”), Danish blæst (“wind”), French blaser (“to blunt, dull”). More at blow.

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βλᾰστός (blăstós, “germ or sprout”).

From BLAST (“Basic Local Alignment Search Tool”, acronym).

145 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: pahus — damn it
• Finnish: kirottua — damn it
• Italian: cribbio — damn it
• Portuguese: poxa vida — damn it
• Portuguese: apre — damn it
• Portuguese: pombas — damn it
• Portuguese: raios — damn it
• Portuguese: poça — damn it
• Portuguese: poxa — damn it
• Portuguese: puxa — damn it
• Bulgarian: порив (poriv) — violent gust of wind
• Catalan: ràfega — violent gust of wind
• Chinese Mandarin: 疾風 /疾风 (jífēng) — violent gust of wind
• Dutch: windstoot — violent gust of wind
• Dutch: rukwind — violent gust of wind
• Esperanto: blovego — violent gust of wind
• Finnish: tuulenpuuska — violent gust of wind
• Finnish: puuska — violent gust of wind
• French: rafale — violent gust of wind
• German: Windstoß — violent gust of wind
• Ancient Greek: πέμφιξ (pémphix) — violent gust of wind
• Irish: soinneán — violent gust of wind
• Irish: rois — violent gust of wind
• Irish: bleaist — violent gust of wind
• Italian: raffica — violent gust of wind
• Italian: folata — violent gust of wind
• Italian: colpo di vento — violent gust of wind
• Italian: ventata — violent gust of wind
• Japanese: 疾風 — violent gust of wind
• Japanese: 突風 (toppū) — violent gust of wind
• Central Kurdish: زرمە (zirme) — violent gust of wind
• Māori: uruhanga — violent gust of wind
• Māori: pararā — violent gust of wind
• Portuguese: ventania — violent gust of wind
• Romanian: rafală — violent gust of wind
• Romanian: vijelie — violent gust of wind
• Russian: поры́в ве́тра (porýv vétra) — violent gust of wind
• Russian: поры́в (porýv) — violent gust of wind
• Scottish Gaelic: sgal — violent gust of wind
• Swahili: kilipuzi — violent gust of wind
• Welsh: chwyth — violent gust of wind
• Bulgarian: духане (duhane) — forcible stream of fluid
• Dutch: gulp — forcible stream of fluid
• Finnish: ilmavirta — forcible stream of fluid
• Finnish: puhahdus — forcible stream of fluid
• Finnish: puhallus — forcible stream of fluid
• Irish: soinneán — forcible stream of fluid
• Irish: rois — forcible stream of fluid
• Italian: getto — forcible stream of fluid
• Romanian: suflare — forcible stream of fluid
• Romanian: suflu — forcible stream of fluid
• Russian: дутьё (dutʹjó) — forcible stream of fluid
• Scottish Gaelic: sgal — forcible stream of fluid
• Spanish: chorro explosivo — forcible stream of fluid
• Swahili: kilipuzi — forcible stream of fluid
• Welsh: chwyth — forcible stream of fluid
• Armenian: պայթյուն (paytʻyun) — explosion
• Bulgarian: експлозия (eksplozija) — explosion
• Danish: eksplosion — explosion
• Danish: sprængning — explosion
• Dutch: ontploffing — explosion
• Finnish: räjähdys — explosion
• French: explosion — explosion
• French: souffle — explosion
• Greek: έκρηξη (ékrixi) — explosion
• Hindi: विस्फोट (visphoṭ) — explosion
• Hungarian: robbanás — explosion
• Irish: pléasc — explosion
• Italian: esplosione — explosion
• Italian: scoppio — explosion
• Central Kurdish: تەقانەوە (teqanewe) — explosion
• Norwegian: explosjon — explosion
• Norwegian: sprenging — explosion
• Polish: wybuch — explosion
• Polish: eksplozja — explosion
• Portuguese: explosão — explosion
• Romanian: explozie — explosion
• Russian: взрыв (vzryv) — explosion
• Tagalog: sabog — explosion
• Tagalog: pumutok — explosion
• Turkish: patlama — explosion
• Urdu: دَھماکَہ (dhamākah) — explosion
• Danish: brag — loud, sudden sound
• Dutch: knal — loud, sudden sound
• Finnish: töräys — loud, sudden sound
• Finnish: törähdys — loud, sudden sound
• Finnish: pärähdys — loud, sudden sound
• Hindi: धमाका (dhamākā) — loud, sudden sound
• Italian: squillo — loud, sudden sound
• Russian: гро́хот (gróxot) — loud, sudden sound
• Scottish Gaelic: sgal — loud, sudden sound
• Catalan: genial — good time
• French: chose géniale — good time
• French: génial — good time
• Italian: spasso — good time
• Italian: sballo — good time
• Portuguese: arraso — good time
• Spanish: (ser una) pasada — good time
• Spanish: bomba — good time
• Spanish: (gozar del) desmadre — good time
• Spanish: alucine — good time
• Spanish: (parecerle un) alucín — good time
• Finnish: alkeissolu — an immature or precursor cell
• Finnish: blasti — an immature or precursor cell
• French: blaste — an immature or precursor cell
• Irish: blast — an immature or precursor cell
• Italian: citoblasto — an immature or precursor cell
• Bulgarian: гърмя (gǎrmja) — to make a loud noise
• Bulgarian: свиря силно (svirja silno) — to make a loud noise
• Finnish: jyrähtää — to make a loud noise
• Finnish: räjähtää — to make a loud noise
• Finnish: törähtää — to make a loud noise
• Irish: pléasc — to make a loud noise
• Russian: греме́ть (gremétʹ) — to make a loud noise
• Russian: грохота́ть (groxotátʹ) — to make a loud noise
• Scottish Gaelic: sgal — to make a loud noise
• Bulgarian: взривявам (vzrivjavam) — to shatter, as if by an explosion
• Catalan: barrinar — to shatter, as if by an explosion
• Finnish: räjäyttää — to shatter, as if by an explosion
• Greek: εκτοξεύω (ektoxévo) — to shatter, as if by an explosion
• Greek: ανατινάζω (anatinázo) — to shatter, as if by an explosion
• Greek: εκρήγνυμαι (ekrígnymai) — to shatter, as if by an explosion
• Irish: pléasc — to shatter, as if by an explosion
• Central Kurdish: تەقینەوە (teqînewe) — to shatter, as if by an explosion
• Russian: взрыва́ть (vzryvátʹ) — to shatter, as if by an explosion
• Russian: взорва́ть (vzorvátʹ) — to shatter, as if by an explosion
• Tagalog: pasabugin — to shatter, as if by an explosion
• Finnish: painaa läpi — to open up a hole by means of a sudden and imprecise method
• Greek: ανοίγω (anoígo) — to open up a hole by means of a sudden and imprecise method
• Bulgarian: проклинам (proklinam) — to curse; to damn
• Finnish: kirota — to curse; to damn
• Greek: βρίζω (vrízo) — to curse; to damn
• Russian: проклина́ть (proklinátʹ) — to curse; to damn
• Russian: прокля́сть (prokljástʹ) — to curse; to damn
• Finnish: paahtaa — to shoot with energy weapon
• Greek: ρίχνω (ríchno) — to shoot with energy weapon
• Greek: εκτοξεύω (ektoxévo) — to shoot with energy weapon
• Finnish: laukaista — soccer: to shoot towards the goal
• Greek: ρίχνω (ríchno) — soccer: to shoot towards the goal
• Finnish: soimata — to criticize severely, verbally discipline
• Finnish: sättiä — to criticize severely, verbally discipline
• Finnish: haukkua — to criticize severely, verbally discipline
• Finnish: mollata — to criticize severely, verbally discipline
• Russian: раскритикова́ть (raskritikovátʹ) — to criticize severely, verbally discipline
• Finnish: kuihduttaa — to blight or wither