blast
Middle English
/blast/
noun
Definitions
- A blast; a sudden and forceful motion of wind.
- One's breathing or respiring; the act of respiration.
- The blast produced by a musical instrument.
- An emission or expulsion of fire or flames.
- The sound produced by thunder or storms.
- (rare) The making of a pronouncement or proclamation.
- (rare) One's spiritual essence; the soul.
- (rare) A striking or attack.
- (rare) Flatulence; the making of a fart.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English blǣst (blast, blowing) inherited from Proto-Germanic *blēstuz affix from Middle English blasen (blow).
Origin
Middle English
blasen
Gloss
blow
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- airblast English
- antiblast English
- backblast English
- beblast English
- blast English
- blastable English
- blaster English
- blasthole English
- blasting English
- blastment English
- blastoff English
- blastor English
- blastpipe English
- blastproof English
- blastwave English
- blastworthy English
- blasty English
- brachyblast English
- counterblast English
- fan-blast English
- fingerblast English
- fireblast English
- nematoblast English
- playblast English
- reblast English
- rubber ball blast grenade English
- sandblast English
- thunderblast English
- whirlblast English
- windblast English
- blastare Italian
- *bʰleh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *blēstaz Proto-Germanic
- *blēstuz Proto-Germanic
- blǣst Old English
- blǣstan Old English
- blase Middle English
- blasen Middle English
- blaste Middle English
- blasten Middle English
- blástr Old Norse