Dictionary entry details
• BLAST (noun)
Meaning:
A very long fly ball
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("blast" is a kind of...):
fly; fly ball ((baseball) a hit that flies up in the air)
Domain category:
baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)
Meaning:
A sudden very loud noise
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
clap; bam; bang; blast; eruption
Hypernyms ("blast" is a kind of...):
noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blast"):
water hammer (the banging sound of steam in pipes)
Meaning:
A strong current of air
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
gust; blast; blow
Context example:
the tree was bent almost double by the gust
Hypernyms ("blast" is a kind of...):
air current; current of air; wind (air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blast"):
bluster (a violent gusty wind)
sandblast (a blast of wind laden with sand)
puff; puff of air; whiff (a short light gust of air)
Meaning:
An explosion (as of dynamite)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("blast" is a kind of...):
blowup; detonation; explosion (a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blast"):
bomb blast (the explosion of a bomb)
Meaning:
A highly pleasurable or exciting experience
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
good time; blast
Context examples:
we had a good time at the party / celebrating after the game was a blast
Hypernyms ("blast" is a kind of...):
experience (an event as apprehended)
Meaning:
Intense adverse criticism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
flack; flak; attack; fire; blast
Context examples:
Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party / the government has come under attack / don't give me any flak
Hypernyms ("blast" is a kind of...):
criticism; unfavorable judgment (disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings)
• BLAST (verb)
Meaning:
Make a strident sound
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
blare; blast
Context example:
She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone
Hypernyms (to "blast" is one way to...):
make noise; noise; resound (emit a noise)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sentence examples:
Cars blast in the streets
The streets blast with cars
Meaning:
Hit hard
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
smash; boom; blast; nail
Context example:
He smashed a 3-run homer
Hypernyms (to "blast" is one way to...):
hit (deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Use explosives on
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
shell; blast
Context example:
The enemy has been shelling us all day
Hypernyms (to "blast" is one way to...):
bomb; bombard (throw bombs at or attack with bombs)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "blast"):
crump (bombard with heavy shells)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
