blast

CEFRB2

/blɑːst/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    fire a shot.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    A forcible stream of gas or liquid from an orifice, for example from a bellows, the tuyeres of a blast furnace, a person's mouth, etc.

Examples

  • A lot of people were killed by the blast.

  • All the windows broke with the force of the blast.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meaning

  1. A hit of a recreational drug from a pipe.

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A violent gust of wind (in windy weather) or apparent wind (around a moving vehicle).

  2. The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace.

More examples

In context

  • You have to blast your way out.

  • Many tons of iron were melted at a blast.

  • My manager gave me a blast yesterday for coming in late.

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

From Middle English blast, blest, 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.