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verb (used without object)
1.
to break, break open, or fly apart with sudden violence: The bitter cold caused the pipes to burst.
2.
to issue forth suddenly and forcibly, as from confinement or through an obstacle: Oil burst to the surface. He burst through the doorway.
3.
to give sudden expression to or as if to emotion: to burst into applause; to burst into tears.
4.
to be extremely full, as if ready to break open: The house was bursting with people.
5.
to appear suddenly; become visible, audible, evident, etc., all at once: The sun burst through the clouds.
verb (used with object)
6.
to cause to break or break open suddenly and violently: He burst the balloon.
7.
to cause or suffer the rupture of: to burst a blood vessel.
8.
to separate (the parts of a multipart stationery form consisting of interleaved paper and carbon paper).
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Bursting
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
noun
Idiom9.
an act or instance of bursting.
10.
a sudden, intense display, as of activity, energy, or effort: The car passed us with a burst of speed.
11.
a sudden expression or manifestation, as of emotion: a burst of affection.
12.
a sudden and violent issuing forth: a burst of steam from the pipe.
13.
EXPANDMilitary.
a.
the explosion of a projectile, especially in a specified place: an air burst.
b.
a rapid sequence of shots fired by one pull on the trigger of an automatic weapon: A burst from the machine gun shattered all the windows.
16.
burst at the seams, to be filled to or beyond normal capacity: This room will be bursting at the seams when all the guests arrive.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English bersten, bursten, Old English berstan (past. plural burston), cognate with Old High German brestan (German bersten), Old Norse bresta; akin to break
before 1000; Middle English bersten, bursten, Old English berstan (past. plural burston), cognate with Old High German brestan (German bersten), Old Norse bresta; akin to break
Related forms
non·burst·ing, adjective, noun
un·burst, adjective
Synonyms
1. crack, explode. 6. rend, tear. 10. spurt. 11, 12. outbreak.
1. crack, explode. 6. rend, tear. 10. spurt. 11, 12. outbreak.
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Word Origin & History
burst
O.E. berstan "break suddenly" (class III strong verb; past tense bærst, pp. borsten), from a W.Gmc. metathesis of P.Gmc. *brestanan (cf. O.Fris. bersta, M.Du. berstan, Low Ger. barsten), from PIE base *bhres- "to burst, break, crack." The forms reverted to brest- in M.E. from influence of O.N.
EXPAND brestan/brast/brosten from the same Gmc. root, but it was re-metathesized late 16c. and emerged in the modern form, though brast was common as p.t. through 17c. and survives in dialect.
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