Blight Illustrations
Blastinterjection
To show displeasure; damn
Blightnoun
(plant disease) Any of many plant diseases causing damage to, or the death of, leaves, fruit or other parts.
Blastnoun
A violent gust of wind.
Blightnoun
The bacterium, virus or fungus that causes such a condition.
Blastnoun
A forcible stream of air from an orifice, for example from a bellows, the mouth, etc.
Blightnoun
(by extension) Anything that impedes growth or development or spoils any other aspect of life.
Blastnoun
A hit from a pipe.
Blightverb
(transitive) To affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and fertility of.
Blastnoun
The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace
‘many tons of iron were melted at a blast’;
Blightverb
(intransitive) To suffer blight.
‘This vine never blights.’;
Blastnoun
The exhaust steam from an 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.
Blightverb
(transitive) To spoil or ruin (something).
‘Those obscene tattoos are going to blight your job prospects.’;
Blastnoun
An explosion, especially for the purpose of destroying a mass of rock, etc.
Blightverb
To affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and fertility of.
‘[This vapor] blasts vegetables, blights corn and fruit, and is sometimes injurious even to man.’;
Blastnoun
An explosive charge for blasting.
Blightverb
Hence: To destroy the happiness of; to ruin; to mar essentially; to frustrate; as, to blight one's prospects.
‘Seared in heart and lone and blighted.’;
Blastnoun
A loud, sudden sound.
Blightverb
To be affected by blight; to blast; as, this vine never blights.
Blastnoun
A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight.
Blightnoun
Mildew; decay; anything nipping or blasting; - applied as a general name to various injuries or diseases of plants, causing the whole or a part to wither, whether occasioned by insects, fungi, or atmospheric influences.
Blastnoun
A good time; an enjoyable moment.
‘We had a blast at the party last night.’;
Blightnoun
The act of blighting, or the state of being blighted; a withering or mildewing, or a stoppage of growth in the whole or a part of a plant, etc.
Blastnoun
(marketing) A promotional message sent to an entire mailing list.
‘an e-mail blast; a fax blast’;
Blightnoun
That which frustrates one's plans or withers one's hopes; that which impairs or destroys.
‘A blight seemed to have fallen over our fortunes.’;
Blastnoun
A flatulent disease of sheep.
Blightnoun
A downy species of aphis, or plant louse, destructive to fruit trees, infesting both the roots and branches; - also applied to several other injurious insects.
Blastnoun
(cytology) An immature or undifferentiated cell (e.g., lymphoblast, myeloblast).
Blightnoun
A rashlike eruption on the human skin.
Blastverb
(transitive) To confound by a loud blast or din.
Blightnoun
a state or condition being blighted
Blastverb
(intransitive) To make a loud noise.
Blightnoun
any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting
Blastverb
(transitive) To shatter, as if by an explosion.
Blightverb
cause to suffer a blight;
‘Too much rain may blight the garden with mold’;
Blastverb
(transitive) To open up a hole in, usually by means of a sudden and imprecise method (such as an explosion).
‘Blast right through it.’;
Blight
Blight refers to a specific symptom affecting plants in response to infection by a pathogenic organism.
Blastverb
(transitive) To curse; to damn.
‘Blast it! Foiled again.’;
Blastverb
(transitive) (sci-fi) To shoot, especially with an energy weapon (as opposed to one which fires projectiles).
‘Chewbacca blasted the Stormtroopers with his laser rifle.’;
Blastverb
(soccer) To shoot; kick the ball in hope of scoring a goal.
Blastverb
To criticize or reprimand severely; to verbally discipline or punish.
‘My manager suddenly blasted me yesterday for being a little late to work for five days in a row, because I was never getting myself up on time.’;
Blastverb
(transitive) To blight or wither.
‘A cold wind blasted the rose plants.’;
Blastverb
To be blighted or withered.
‘The bud blasted in the blossom.’;
Blastverb
To blow, for example on a trumpet.
Blastverb
To run a nucleotide sequence (for nucleic acids) or an amino acid sequence (for proteins) through a BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool).
Blastnoun
A violent gust of wind.
‘And see where surly Winter passes off,Far to the north, and calls his ruffian blasts;His blasts obey, and quit the howling hill.’;
Blastnoun
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.
Blastnoun
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.
Blastnoun
The sound made by blowing a wind instrument; strictly, the sound produces at one breath.
‘One blast upon his bugle hornWere worth a thousand men.’; ‘The blast of triumph o'er thy grave.’;
Blastnoun
A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight.
‘By the blast of God they perish.’; ‘Virtue preserved from fell destruction's blast.’;
Blastnoun
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.
Blastnoun
A flatulent disease of sheep.
Blastverb
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.
‘Seven thin ears, and blasted with the east wind.’;
Blastverb
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.
‘I'll cross it, though it blast me.’; ‘Blasted with excess of light.’;
Blastverb
To confound by a loud blast or din.
‘Trumpeters,With brazen din blast you the city's ear.’;
Blastverb
To rend open by any explosive agent, as gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; to shatter; as, to blast rocks.
Blastverb
To be blighted or withered; as, the bud blasted in the blossom.
Blastverb
To blow; to blow on a trumpet.
‘Toke his blake trumpe fasteAnd gan to puffen and to blaste.’;
Blastnoun
a long and hard-hit fly ball
Blastnoun
a sudden very loud noise
Blastnoun
a strong current of air;
‘the tree was bent almost double by the gust’;
Blastnoun
an explosion (as of dynamite)
Blastnoun
a highly pleasurable or exciting experience;
‘we had a good time at the party’; ‘celebrating after the game was a blast’;
Blastnoun
intense adverse criticism;
‘Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party’; ‘the government has come under attack’; ‘don't give me any flak’;
Blastverb
make a strident sound;
‘She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone’;
Blastverb
hit hard;
‘He smashed a 3-run homer’;
Blastverb
use explosives on;
‘The enemy has been shelling us all day’;
Blastnoun
a destructive wave of highly compressed air spreading outwards from an explosion
‘they were thrown backwards by the blast’;
Blastnoun
an explosion or explosive firing
‘a shotgun blast’; ‘a bomb blast’;
Blastnoun
a forceful attack or assault
‘United's four-goal blast’;
Blastnoun
a strong gust of wind or air
‘the icy blast hit them’;
Blastnoun
a strong current of air used in smelting.
Blastnoun
a single loud note of a horn, whistle, or similar
‘a blast of the ship's siren’;
Blastnoun
a severe reprimand
‘I braced myself for the inevitable blast’;
Blastnoun
an enjoyable experience or lively party
‘it could turn out to be a real blast’;
Blastverb
blow up or break apart (something solid) with explosives
‘the school was blasted by an explosion’;
Blastverb
produce (damage) by means of an explosion
‘the force of the collision blasted out a tremendous crater’;
Blastverb
force or throw (something) in a specified direction by impact or explosion
‘the car was blasted thirty feet into the sky’;
Blastverb
shoot with a gun
‘Fowler was blasted with an air rifle’;
Blastverb
move very quickly and loudly in a specified direction
‘four low-flying jets blasted down the glen’;
Blastverb
produce or cause to produce loud continuous music or other noise
‘music blasted out at full volume’; ‘an impatient motorist blasted his horn’;
Blastverb
kick or strike (a ball) hard
‘the striker blasted the free kick into the net’;
Blastverb
criticize fiercely
‘the school was blasted by government inspectors’;
Blastverb
(of a wind or other natural force) wither, shrivel, or blight (a plant)
‘corn blasted before it be grown up’;
Blastverb
strike with divine anger (used to express annoyance or dislike)
‘damn and blast this awful place!’;
Blastverb
destroy or ruin
‘your reputation is blasted already in the village’;
Blastinterjection
expressing annoyance
‘‘Blast! The car won't start!’’;
