| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun Plural | 1. Plural inflection of the noun blast.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun Base (blast) |
1. A very long fly ball.[Wordnet]. 2. A sudden very loud noise.[Wordnet]. 3. A strong current of air.[Wordnet]. 4. An explosion (as of dynamite).[Wordnet]. 5. A highly pleasurable or exciting experience; "celebrating after the game was a blast".[Wordnet]. 6. Intense adverse criticism.[Wordnet]. 7. A long and hard-hit fly ball.[Wordnet]. 8. A violent gust of wind.[Websters]. 9. 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.[Websters]. 10. 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.[Websters]. 11. The sound made by blowing a wind instrument; strictly, the sound produces at one breath.[Websters]. 12. A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight.[Websters]. 13. 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.[Websters]. 14. A flatulent disease of sheep.[Websters]. | |
| Verb | 1. To burst, break, shatter, beat or erupt. [Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To destroy or devour. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To ruin, spoil or hurt. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To demolish, smash, disrupt, perish or abolish. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To wither or shrivel. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To hit, clap or finish. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To quash, impair or extinguish. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To nip, pull or pick. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To subvert or overturn. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To confound or overwhelm.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Present Tense | 1. Present tense conjugation of the verb blast.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (blast) |
1. Make a strident sound; "She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone".[Wordnet]. 2. Hit hard.[Wordnet]. 3. Use explosives on.[Wordnet]. 4. Apply a draft or strong wind to to; "the air conditioning was blasting cold air at us".[Wordnet]. 5. Create by using explosives; "blast a passage through the mountain".[Wordnet]. 6. Make with or as if with an explosion; "blast a tunnel through the Alps".[Wordnet]. 7. Fire a shot; "the gunman blasted away".[Wordnet]. 8. Criticize harshly or violently.[Wordnet]. 9. Shatter as if by explosion.[Wordnet]. 10. Shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly.[Wordnet]. 11. Hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer".[Wordnet]. 12. 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.[Websters]. 13. 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.[Websters]. 14. To confound by a loud blast or din.[Websters]. 15. To rend open by any explosive agent, as gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; to shatter; as, to blast rocks.[Websters]. 16. To be blighted or withered; as, the bud blasted in the blossom.[Websters]. 17. To blow; to blow on a trumpet.[Websters]. 18. Base verb from the following inflections: blasting, blasted, blasts, blaster, blasters, blastingly and blastedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "Blasts" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Health | Immature blood cells. (references) | ||
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| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Anemia, Refractory, with Excess of Blasts | Health | Chronic refractory anemia with granulocytopenia, and/or thrombocytopenia. Myeloblasts and progranulocytes constitute 5 to 40 percent of the nucleated marrow cells. (references) | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: BLASTS | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| 2006 Malegaon blasts | 28 | 2006 Malegaon blasts | 28 | |
| 23 November 2007 Uttar Pradesh serial blasts | 15 | 23 November 2007 Uttar Pradesh serial blasts | 15 | |
| Mumbai serial train blasts investigations | 11 | Bombay Blasts | 2 | |
| Bombay Blasts | 2 | Mumbai serial train blasts investigations | 11 | |
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Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
| Language | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | |||
| Al Arabiya | انفجار (explosion, eruption, bursting, blast, blasts), نَسَفَ (blast, blasting, torpedo, blasted, blasts), حاصِب (blast, blasted, blasting, blasts, brash), آفَةٌ زِرَاعِيَّة (blight, blast, blasted, blasting, blasts). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Al Fus-Ha | انفجار (explosion, eruption, bursting, blast, blasts), نَسَفَ (blast, blasting, torpedo, blasted, blasts), حاصِب (blast, blasted, blasting, blasts, brash), آفَةٌ زِرَاعِيَّة (blight, blast, blasted, blasting, blasts). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Arabic | انفجار (explosion, eruption, bursting, blast, blasts), نَسَفَ (blast, blasting, torpedo, blasted, blasts), حاصِب (blast, blasted, blasting, blasts, brash), آفَةٌ زِرَاعِيَّة (blight, blast, blasted, blasting, blasts). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Bahasa Indonesia | tiupan udara (blast, blasts). Additional references: Bahasa Indonesia, Indonesia, Java, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Bohemian | závan (blast, gust, puff, waft, blow), výbuchy (blasts, explosions), výstřely (blasts, shoots, shots), odstřeluje (blasts). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Brazilian Portuguese | explode (explode, explodes, blasts), descargas (releases, blasts). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Central Tai | การระเบิด (blast, explosion, blasted, blasting, blasts). Additional references: Central Tai, Thailand, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Cestina | závan (blast, gust, puff, waft, blow), výbuchy (blasts, explosions), výstřely (blasts, shoots, shots), odstřeluje (blasts). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Simplified | 爆炸 (explosion, to blow up, to detonate, to explode, blast). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Traditional | 爆炸 (explosion, to blow up, to explode, to detonate, blast). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Corse | soffiu (breath, spirit, mind, blast, hiss), rispiru (breath, blast, hiss, respite, puff), fiatu (soul, breath, blast, core, hiss), ansciu (breath, blast, hiss, puff, respiration), àlitu (breath, blast, hiss, puff, breeze), suffiu (air, air blast, air jet, background noise, blast). Additional references: Corse, France, Italy, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Corsi | soffiu (breath, spirit, mind, blast, hiss), rispiru (breath, blast, hiss, respite, puff), fiatu (soul, breath, blast, core, hiss), ansciu (breath, blast, hiss, puff, respiration), àlitu (breath, blast, hiss, puff, breeze), suffiu (air, air blast, air jet, background noise, blast). Additional references: Corsi, France, Italy, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Corsican | soffiu (breath, spirit, mind, blast, hiss), rispiru (breath, blast, hiss, respite, puff), fiatu (soul, breath, blast, core, hiss), ansciu (breath, blast, hiss, puff, respiration), àlitu (breath, blast, hiss, puff, breeze), suffiu (air, air blast, air jet, background noise, blast). Additional references: Corsican, France, Italy, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Corso | soffiu (breath, spirit, mind, blast, hiss), rispiru (breath, blast, hiss, respite, puff), fiatu (soul, breath, blast, core, hiss), ansciu (breath, blast, hiss, puff, respiration), àlitu (breath, blast, hiss, puff, breeze), suffiu (air, air blast, air jet, background noise, blast). Additional references: Corso, France, Italy, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Corsu | soffiu (breath, spirit, mind, blast, hiss), rispiru (breath, blast, hiss, respite, puff), fiatu (soul, breath, blast, core, hiss), ansciu (breath, blast, hiss, puff, respiration), àlitu (breath, blast, hiss, puff, breeze), suffiu (air, air blast, air jet, background noise, blast). Additional references: Corsu, France, Italy, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Czech | závan (blast, gust, puff, waft, blow), výbuchy (blasts, explosions), výstřely (blasts, shoots, shots), odstřeluje (blasts). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Daco-Rumanian | suflu (blast, blasts, breath, blowing, soul). Additional references: Daco-Rumanian, Romania, Hungary, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Dari | منفجر كردن (burst, blast, blasts, blow up, detonate). Additional references: Dari, Iran, Indo-European, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Deutsch | Windstöße (blasts, gusts, gusts of wind, squalls), Böen (blasts, flurries, gusts, squalls), stösse (batches, blastings, blasts, blows, hitches), Feürsbrünste (blasts). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Dutch | rukwind (blast, blasts, flaws, squall). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Finnish | hipat (spree, blast, celebration, blasts, celebrations). Additional references: Finnish, Finland, Russia (Europe), blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Forézien | flat (breath, respiration, blast, hiss, puff). Additional references: Forézien, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Français | explosions (blasts, blastings, outbursts), souffle (breath, blast, puff, breeze, hiss). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| French | explosions (blasts, blastings, outbursts), souffle (breath, blast, puff, breeze, hiss). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| German | Windstöße (blasts, gusts, gusts of wind, squalls), Böen (blasts, flurries, gusts, squalls), stösse (batches, blastings, blasts, blows, hitches), Feürsbrünste (blasts). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Greek | εκτόνωση αερ ων (blast, blasts). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Greek (transliteration) | ektonosi aer on (blast, blasts). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hebrew | ףדה ריוא (blast, blasted, blasting, blasts). Additional references: Hebrew, Israel, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High Arabic | انفجار (explosion, eruption, bursting, blast, blasts), نَسَفَ (blast, blasting, torpedo, blasted, blasts), حاصِب (blast, blasted, blasting, blasts, brash), آفَةٌ زِرَاعِيَّة (blight, blast, blasted, blasting, blasts). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High German | Windstöße (blasts, gusts, gusts of wind, squalls), Böen (blasts, flurries, gusts, squalls), stösse (batches, blastings, blasts, blows, hitches), Feürsbrünste (blasts). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hochdeutsch | Windstöße (blasts, gusts, gusts of wind, squalls), Böen (blasts, flurries, gusts, squalls), stösse (batches, blastings, blasts, blows, hitches), Feürsbrünste (blasts). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hungarian | letarol (to abrade, to blast, to devastate, to lay waste, blast). Additional references: Hungarian, Hungary, Austria, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Indonesian | tiupan udara (blast, blasts). Additional references: Indonesian, Indonesia, Java, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Italian | raffiche (blasts). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ivrit | ףדה ריוא (blast, blasted, blasting, blasts). Additional references: Ivrit, Israel, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Japanese | 突風 (squall, gust, blast, sudden gust, flurry). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Magyar | letarol (to abrade, to blast, to devastate, to lay waste, blast). Additional references: Magyar, Hungary, Austria, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Martinique Creole | souf (breath, suffer, suffers, blast, hiss). Additional references: Martinique Creole, Martinique, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Moldavian | suflu (blast, blasts, breath, blowing, soul). Additional references: Moldavian, Romania, Hungary, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Norwegian | eksplosjoner (explosions, blasts). Additional references: Norwegian, Norway, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Parsi | منفجر كردن (burst, blast, blasts, blow up, detonate). Additional references: Parsi, Iran, Indo-European, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Patois of Midi-Toulousain | respir (breath, blast, hiss, puff, breeze). Additional references: Patois of Midi-Toulousain, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Persian | منفجر كردن (burst, blast, blasts, blow up, detonate). Additional references: Persian, Iran, Indo-European, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Persian (Farsi) | منفجر كردن (burst, blast, blasts, blow up, detonate). Additional references: Persian (Farsi), Iran, Indo-European, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Polish | podmuch (blast, puff, blasts, blow, breath). Additional references: Polish, Poland, Czech Republic, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Polnisch | podmuch (blast, puff, blasts, blow, breath). Additional references: Polnisch, Poland, Czech Republic, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Polski | podmuch (blast, puff, blasts, blow, breath). Additional references: Polski, Poland, Czech Republic, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Portuguese | explode (explode, explodes, blasts), descargas (discharges, releases, blasts). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Romanian | suflu (blast, blasts, breath, blowing, soul). Additional references: Romanian, Romania, Hungary, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Rumanian | suflu (blast, blasts, breath, blowing, soul). Additional references: Rumanian, Romania, Hungary, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ruotsi | vindstöt (puff, squall, blast, blasts, gust). Additional references: Ruotsi, Sweden, Finland, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russian | взрывы (blasts, destructions, detonations, explosions, outbreaks). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russian (transliteration) | vzryvy (blasts, destructions, detonations, explosions, outbreaks). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russki | взрывы (blasts, destructions, detonations, explosions, outbreaks). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russki (transliteration) | vzryvy (blasts, destructions, detonations, explosions, outbreaks). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Santiago Crioulu | folgu (breath, blast, hiss, puff, breeze). Additional references: Santiago Crioulu, Cape Verde, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Siamese | การระเบิด (blast, explosion, blasted, blasting, blasts). Additional references: Siamese, Thailand, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Spanish | ráfagas (blasts, burst, bursts), rafagas (blasts). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Standard Thai | การระเบิด (blast, explosion, blasted, blasting, blasts). Additional references: Standard Thai, Thailand, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Suomea | hipat (spree, blast, celebration, blasts, celebrations). Additional references: Suomea, Finland, Russia (Europe), blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Suomi | hipat (spree, blast, celebration, blasts, celebrations). Additional references: Suomi, Finland, Russia (Europe), blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Svenska | vindstöt (puff, squall, blast, blasts, gust). Additional references: Svenska, Sweden, Finland, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Swedish | vindstöt (puff, squall, blast, blasts, gust). Additional references: Swedish, Sweden, Finland, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Thai | การระเบิด (blast, explosion, blasted, blasting, blasts). Additional references: Thai, Thailand, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Thaiklang | การระเบิด (blast, explosion, blasted, blasting, blasts). Additional references: Thaiklang, Thailand, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Turkish | gürültü (noise, ado, hubbub, loudness, crash). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Yipunu | muvumu (breath, respiration, blast, hiss, puff). Additional references: Yipunu, Gabon, blasts. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
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| Language | Translations for “blasts” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses. | |||
| Pig Latin | astsblay (blasts). Additional references: Pig Latin, blasts. (volunteer) | |||
| Terran B | sostiu (blasts). Additional references: Terran B, blasts. (volunteer) | |||
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| Language | Period | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | ||
| Old French | 900 - 1400 | fum (steam, breath, vapor, vapour, fume). Additional references: Old French, blasts. (volunteer) | ||
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