blasting
blasting is the present participle and gerund of blast.
Noun
blasting (plural blastings)
- A planned explosion, as in mining.
- But it was a different matter altogether when the blasting of the tunnel was commenced.1960 December, Voyageur, “The Mountain Railways of the Bernese Oberland”, in Trains Illustrated, page 754
- The act by which something is blasted, or blighted.
- If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller: if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities, whatsoeuer plague, whatsoeuer sicknes there be;1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Kings 8:37
- They showed signs of the blightings and blastings of time, in their outward aspect, but they were young within; young and cheerful, and ready to talk […]1897, Mark Twain, Following the Equator […] , New York: American Publishing Company
- Administering full dosage of PEDs as opposed to lowering them during times of so-called cruising.
Meaning of blast
Verb
blast (third-person singular simple present blasts, present participle blasting, simple past and past participle blasted)
- To make an impression on, by making a loud blast or din.
- Trumpeters, / With brazen din blast you the city's ear.c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
- To make a loud noise.
- To play (music) very loudly out of a speaker.
- Some kid is in his car blasting rap. You know, bass in the trunk and you can hear it 4 blocks away? I signal over to him and say "Hey, turn it up, I can't hear it." He turns around and says, "Shut Up Grandpa."2008 April 24, neilc...@yahoo.com, “ARRMO FEST”, in alt.rock-n-roll.metal.oldschool (Usenet)
- To shatter, as if by an explosion.
- Although Maroczy favored solid, positional chess, there were times when he changed his style and blasted his opponents' defenses to bits.1951 July, Hans Kmoch, “Geza Maroczy 1870-1951”, in Chess Review
- To open up a hole in, usually by means of a sudden and imprecise method (such as an explosion).
- Blast right through it.
- To curse; to damn.
- Blast it! Foiled again.
Verb capitalized: BLASTing
BLASTing
- present participle and gerund of BLAST
Forms of blasting
| plural | blastings |
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Origin of blasting
From Middle English blastynge, equivalent to blast + -ing (present participle ending).
From Middle English blastyng, blastynge, equivalent to blast + -ing (gerundive ending).
Words formed from blasting
Phrases with blasting
Questions about blasting
- What does blasting mean?
- Blasting means a planned explosion, as in mining.
- What is blasting the present participle and gerund of?
- Blasting is the present participle and gerund of blast.
- What part of speech is blasting?
- Blasting can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of blasting?
- The plural of blasting is blastings.
Words near blasting in the dictionary
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