English Dictionary: blasted | by the DICT Development Group |
3 results for blasted | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Blasted \Blast"ed\, a. 1. Blighted; withered. Upon this blasted heath. --Shak. 2. Confounded; accursed; detestable. Some of her own blasted gypsies. --Sir W. Scott. 3. Rent open by an explosive. The blasted quarry thunders, heard remote. --Wordsworth. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Blast \Blast\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blasting}.] 1. 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. --Gen. xii. 6. 2. 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. --Shak. Blasted with excess of light. --T. Gray. 3. To confound by a loud blast or din. Trumpeters, With brazen din blast you the city's ear. --Shak. 4. To rend open by any explosive agent, as gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; to shatter; as, to blast rocks. |