BLAST

An acronym of Basic Local Alignment Search Tool.

BLAST (uncountable)

1. (biology) An algorithm which compares similarities between sequences of nucleotides in nucleic acids or of amino acids in proteins.

BLAST (third-person singular simple present BLASTs, present participle BLASTing, simple past and past participle BLASTed)

1. (biology, informal, transitive) Alternative letter-case form of blast (to run a sequence through BLAST)
   • 2006, Guy Caldwell, ‎Shelli Williams, ‎and Kim Caldwell, Integrated Genomics: A Discovery-Based Laboratory Course, p. 85:

     This program is also capable of BLASTing sequencing results and works with most automated sequencing formats, alleviating the need for conversion of PC-based files.

• Balts, blats