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blast
Overview of noun blast
The noun blast has 6 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (2) blast -- (a very long fly ball)
2. (1) bang, clap, eruption, blast, bam -- (a sudden very loud noise)
3. gust, blast, blow -- (a strong current of air; "the tree was bent almost double by the gust")
4. blast -- (an explosion (as of dynamite))
5. good time, blast -- (a highly pleasurable or exciting experience; "we had a good time at the party"; "celebrating after the game was a blast")
6. fire, attack, flak, flack, blast -- (intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak")
Overview of verb blast
The verb blast has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (3) blast, blare -- (make a strident sound; "She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone")
2. (2) smash, nail, boom, blast -- (hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer")
3. (1) blast, shell -- (use explosives on; "The enemy has been shelling us all day")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun blast
6 senses of blast
Sense 1
blast
=> fly, fly ball
=> hit, hitting, striking
=> touch, touching
=> deed, feat, effort, exploit
=> accomplishment, achievement
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
bang, clap, eruption, blast, bam
=> noise
=> sound
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
gust, blast, blow
=> wind, air current, current of air
=> weather, weather condition, atmospheric condition
=> atmospheric phenomenon
=> physical phenomenon
=> natural phenomenon
=> phenomenon
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 4
blast
=> explosion, detonation, blowup
=> discharge
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
good time, blast
=> experience
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 6
fire, attack, flak, flack, blast
=> criticism, unfavorable judgment
=> disapproval
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun blast
3 of 6 senses of blast
Sense 2
bang, clap, eruption, blast, bam
=> water hammer
Sense 3
gust, blast, blow
=> bluster
=> sandblast
=> puff, puff of air, whiff
Sense 4
blast
=> bomb blast
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun blast
6 senses of blast
Sense 1
blast
=> fly, fly ball
Sense 2
bang, clap, eruption, blast, bam
=> noise
Sense 3
gust, blast, blow
=> wind, air current, current of air
Sense 4
blast
=> explosion, detonation, blowup
Sense 5
good time, blast
=> experience
Sense 6
fire, attack, flak, flack, blast
=> criticism, unfavorable judgment
Antonyms of noun blast
Member Holonyms of noun blast
Substance Holonyms of noun blast
Part Holonyms of noun blast
Member Meronyms of noun blast
Substance Meronyms of noun blast
Part Meronyms of noun blast
Meronyms of noun blast
Holonyms of noun blast
Attributes of noun blast
Derived Forms of noun blast
3 of 6 senses of blast
Sense 1
blast
RELATED TO>(verb) blast#2
=> smash, nail, boom, blast
Sense 2
bang, clap, eruption, blast, bam
RELATED TO>(verb) blast#1
=> blast, blare
Sense 4
blast
RELATED TO>(verb) blast#3
=> blast, shell
Domain of noun blast
1 of 6 senses of blast
Sense 1
blast
TOPIC>(noun) baseball#1, baseball game#1
Domain Terms of noun blast
Familiarity of noun blast
blast used as a noun is common (polysemy count =6)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun blast
6 senses of blast
Sense 1
blast
> fly, fly ball
=> blast
=> pop fly, pop-fly, pop-up
=> liner, line drive
=> flare
=> Texas leaguer
Sense 2
bang, clap, eruption, blast, bam
> noise
=> bang, clap, eruption, blast, bam
=> banging
=> bark
=> blare, blaring, cacophony, clamor, din
=> boom, roar, roaring, thunder
=> chatter, chattering
=> chatter, chattering
=> chug
=> clack, clap
=> clang, clangor, clangour, clangoring, clank, clash, crash
=> clatter
=> crack, cracking, snap
=> crackle, crackling, crepitation
=> creak, creaking
=> crunch
=> ding-dong
=> explosion
=> grate
=> grinding
=> grunt, oink
=> hiss, hissing, hushing, fizzle, sibilation
=> howl
=> hubbub, uproar, brouhaha, katzenjammer
=> hum, humming
=> pant
=> plonk
=> plop
=> plump
=> racket
=> rattle, rattling, rale
=> report
=> rhonchus
=> rumble, rumbling, grumble, grumbling
=> rustle, rustling, whisper, whispering
=> scrape, scraping, scratch, scratching
=> screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking, scream, screaming
=> scrunch
=> shrilling
=> sizzle
=> slam
=> snap
=> snore
=> spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering, sputter, splutter, sputtering
=> splash, plash
=> squawk
=> squeak
=> squish
=> stridulation
=> swoosh, whoosh
=> thunder
Sense 3
gust, blast, blow
> wind, air current, current of air
=> airstream
=> calm air
=> breeze, zephyr, gentle wind, air
=> chinook, chinook wind, snow eater
=> harmattan
=> crosswind
=> fohn, foehn
=> khamsin
=> Santa Ana
=> high wind
=> headwind
=> katabatic wind, catabatic wind
=> tailwind
=> doldrums
=> east wind, easter, easterly
=> northwest wind, northwester
=> southwester, sou'wester
=> southeaster, sou'easter
=> gale
=> gust, blast, blow
=> monsoon
=> monsoon
=> north wind, northerly, norther, boreas
=> prevailing wind
=> simoom, simoon, samiel
=> south wind, souther, southerly
=> squall
=> thermal
=> draft, draught
=> west wind, wester
Sense 4
blast
> explosion, detonation, blowup
=> airburst
=> blast
=> backfire
=> big bang
=> blowback, backfire
=> fragmentation
=> inflation
Sense 5
good time, blast
> experience
=> appalling
=> augury, sign, foretoken, preindication
=> flash, flashing
=> good time, blast
=> loss
=> near-death experience
=> ordeal
=> out-of-body experience
=> taste
=> time
=> trip, head trip
=> vision
Sense 6
fire, attack, flak, flack, blast
> criticism, unfavorable judgment
=> attack
=> brickbat
=> faultfinding, carping
=> fire, attack, flak, flack, blast
=> thrust
=> potshot
=> rebuke, reproof, reproval, reprehension, reprimand
=> slating
=> static
=> stricture
Meronyms of noun blast
6 senses of blast
Sense 3
gust, blast, blow
=> wind, air current, current of air
HAS SUBSTANCE: air
HAS SUBSTANCE: argon, Ar, atomic number 18
HAS SUBSTANCE: krypton, Kr, atomic number 36
HAS SUBSTANCE: neon, Ne, atomic number 10
HAS SUBSTANCE: nitrogen, N, atomic number 7
HAS SUBSTANCE: oxygen, O, atomic number 8
HAS SUBSTANCE: xenon, Xe, atomic number 54
Sense 5
good time, blast
=> experience
HAS PART: high point
Holonyms of noun blast
Grep of noun blast
ameloblast
back-blast
backblast
blast
blast furnace
blast trauma
blast wave
blastema
blaster
blasting cap
blasting gelatin
blastocele
blastocladia
blastocladiales
blastocoel
blastocoele
blastocyst
blastocyte
blastocytoma
blastoderm
blastodermic vesicle
blastodiaceae
blastodisc
blastoff
blastogenesis
blastoma
blastomere
blastomyces
blastomycete
blastomycosis
blastopore
blastosphere
blastula
bomb blast
counterblast
ectoblast
endoblast
entoblast
erythroblast
fibroblast
hypoblast
lymphoblast
megaloblast
melanoblast
mesoblast
monoblast
myeloblast
neuroblast
osteoblast
plasmablast
sandblast
sideroblast
solo blast
spongioblast
trophoblast
Antonyms of verb blast
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb blast
3 senses of blast
Sense 1
blast, blare
=> make noise, resound, noise
=> sound, go
=> cause to be perceived
Sense 2
smash, nail, boom, blast
=> hit
=> touch
Sense 3
blast, shell
=> bombard, bomb
=> attack, assail
=> contend, fight, struggle
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb blast
1 of 3 senses of blast
Sense 3
blast, shell
=> crump
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb blast
3 senses of blast
Sense 1
blast, blare
=> make noise, resound, noise
Sense 2
smash, nail, boom, blast
=> hit
Sense 3
blast, shell
=> bombard, bomb
'Cause To' of verb blast
Derived Forms of verb blast
3 senses of blast
Sense 1
blast, blare
RELATED TO>(noun) blast#2
=> bang, clap, eruption, blast, bam
Sense 2
smash, nail, boom, blast
RELATED TO>(noun) blast#1
=> blast
Sense 3
blast, shell
RELATED TO>(noun) blast#4
=> blast
RELATED TO>(noun) blaster#1
=> blaster, chargeman
Domain of verb blast
Domain Terms of verb blast
Familiarity of verb blast
blast used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb blast
3 senses of blast
Sense 1
blast, blare
EX: Cars blast in the streets
EX: The streets blast with cars
Sense 2
smash, nail, boom, blast
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 3
blast, shell
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb blast
3 senses of blast
Sense 1
blast, blare
> make noise, resound, noise
=> sizzle
=> roar, howl
=> purl
=> honk, claxon
=> hum
=> crunch, scranch, scraunch, crackle
=> squeak, screech, creak, screak, skreak
=> racket
=> clatter, clack, brattle
=> stridulate, clitter
=> drown out
=> jingle, jingle-jangle, jangle
=> scream
=> backfire
=> ring out
=> blast, blare
Sense 2
smash, nail, boom, blast
> hit
=> clap
=> slam, bang
=> lam into, tear into, lace into, pitch into, lay into
=> kick
=> swipe
=> smite
=> hook
=> swat
=> sock, bop, whop, whap, bonk, bash
=> bean
=> pop
=> get, catch
=> conk
=> cosh
=> brain
=> smash, nail, boom, blast
=> crack
=> sandbag, stun
=> bat
=> bat
=> bat
=> cut
=> thump, pound, poke
=> smack, thwack
=> belt
=> punch, plug
=> slug, slog, swig
=> whack, wham, whop, wallop
=> pummel, pommel, biff
=> buffet, buff
=> box
=> club, bludgeon
=> cudgel, fustigate
Sense 3
blast, shell
> bombard, bomb
=> carpet bomb
=> bomb out
=> dive-bomb
=> glide-bomb
=> skip-bomb
=> atom-bomb, nuke
=> hydrogen-bomb
=> pattern-bomb
=> nuke, atomize, atomise, zap
=> letter bomb
=> firebomb
=> blast, shell
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb blast
Sense 1
blast, blare
=> make noise, resound, noise
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Sense 2
smash, nail, boom, blast
=> hit
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Sense 3
blast, shell
=> bombard, bomb
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Grep of verb blast
blast
blast off
sandblast
Grep of adj blast
blasted
blastemal
blastematic
blastemic
blasting
blastocoelic
blastodermatic
blastodermic
blastogenetic
blastomeric
blastomycotic
blastoporal
blastoporic
blastospheric
blastular
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