meaning of blast
1. A violent gust of wind.
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.
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.
4. The sound made by blowing a wind instrument; strictly, the sound produces at one breath.
5. A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight.
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.
7. A flatulent disease of sheep.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. To confound by a loud blast or din.
11. To rend open by any explosive agent, as gunpowder, dynamite, etc. ; to shatter; as, to blast rocks.
12. To be blighted or withered; as, the bud blasted in the blossom.
13. To blow; to blow on a trumpet.
14. The exhaust pipe of a steam engine, or any pipe delivering steam or air, when so constructed as to cause a blast.
15. a long and hard-hit fly ball
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