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English

Etymology


Pronunciation


Noun

  1. An instance of, or the act of bursting.
  2. : The bursts of the bombs could be heard miles away.


Translations

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Verb

{{en-verb|bursts|bursting|burst|burst or rarely bursten}}

  1. To break from internal pressure.
  2. : I blew the balloon up too much, and it burst.
  3. To cause to burst.
  4. : I burst the balloon when I blew it up too much.


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Old High German

Etymology

Common Germanic, akin to Old English byrst, Old Norse burst

Noun

burst

  1. bristle


Category:Old High German nouns

ar:burst de:burst el:burst fr:burst gl:burst ko:burst io:burst it:burst kk:burst li:burst hu:burst ja:burst pl:burst simple:burst fi:burst ta:burst te:burst vi:burst tr:burst uk:burst zh:burst

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Burst \Burst\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Burst; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bursting. The past participle bursten is obsolete.] [OE.
bersten, bresten, AS. berstan (pers. sing. berste, imp. sing.
b[ae]rst, imp. pl. burston, p. p. borsten); akin to D.
bersten, G. bersten, OHG. brestan, OS. brestan, Icel. bresta,
Sw. brista, Dan. briste. Cf. Brast, Break.]
1. To fly apart or in pieces; of break open; to yield to
force or pressure, especially to a sudden and violent
exertion of force, or to pressure from within; to explode;
as, the boiler had burst; the buds will burst in spring.
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From the egg that soon
Bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed
Their callow young. --Milton.
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Note: Often used figuratively, as of the heart, in reference
to a surcharge of passion, grief, desire, etc.
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No, no, my heart will burst, an if I speak:
And I will speak, that so my heart may burst.
--Shak.
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2. To exert force or pressure by which something is made
suddenly to give way; to break through obstacles or
limitations; hence, to appear suddenly and unexpectedly or
unaccountably, or to depart in such manner; -- usually
with some qualifying adverb or preposition, as forth, out,
away, into, upon, through, etc.
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Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth. --Milton.
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And now you burst (ah cruel!) from my arms. --Pope.
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A resolved villain
Whose bowels suddenly burst out. --Shak.
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We were the first that ever burst
Into that silent sea. --Coleridge.
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To burst upon him like an earthquake. --Goldsmith.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Burst \Burst\ (b[^u]rst), v. t.
1. To break or rend by violence, as by an overcharge or by
strain or pressure, esp. from within; to force open
suddenly; as, to burst a cannon; to burst a blood vessel;
to burst open the doors.
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My breast I'll burst with straining of my courage.
--Shak.
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2. To break. [Obs.]
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You will not pay for the glasses you have burst?
--Shak.
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He burst his lance against the sand below. --Fairfax
(Tasso).
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3. To produce as an effect of bursting; as, to burst a hole
through the wall.
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Bursting charge. See under Charge.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Burst \Burst\, n.
1. A sudden breaking forth; a violent rending; an explosion;
as, a burst of thunder; a burst of applause; a burst of
passion; a burst of inspiration.
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Bursts of fox-hunting melody. --W. Irving.
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2. Any brief, violent exertion or effort; a spurt; as, a
burst of speed.
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3. A sudden opening, as of landscape; a stretch; an expanse.
[R.] "A fine burst of country." --Jane Austen.
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4. A rupture or hernia; a breach.
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WordNet burst
adj : suddenly and violently broken open especially from internal
pressure (`busted' is an informal term for `burst'); "a
burst balloon"; "burst pipes"; "burst seams"; "a
ruptured appendix"; "a busted balloon" [syn: ruptured,
busted]
n 1: the act of exploding or bursting something; "the explosion
of the firecrackers awoke the children"; "the burst of
an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft" [syn: explosion]
2: rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; "our fusillade
from the left flank caught them by surprise" [syn: fusillade,
salvo, volley]
3: a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason);
"a burst of applause"; "a fit of housecleaning" [syn: fit]
4: a sudden violent happening; "an outburst of heavy rain"; "a
burst of lightning" [syn: outburst, flare-up]
v 1: break open or apart suddenly; "The bubble burst" [syn: split,
break open]
2: force out or release suddenly and often violently something
pent up; "break into tears"; "erupt in anger" [syn: break,
erupt]
3: burst outward, usually with noise; "The champagne bottle
exploded" [syn: explode] [ant: implode]
4: move suddenly, energetically, or violently; "He burst out of
the house into the cool night"
5: be in a state of movement or action; "The room abounded with
screaming children"; "The garden bristled with toddlers"
[syn: abound, bristle]
6: emerge suddenly; "The sun burst into view"
7: cause to burst; "The ice broke the pipe" [syn: collapse]
8: break open or apart suddenly and forcefully; "The dam burst"
[syn: bust]
Moby Dictionary
access , ado , aggravated , agitation , antiaircraft barrage , backfire ,
bang , bark , barrage , belch , blast , blaze , blaze of temper ,
blow out , blow up , blowout , blowup , bombardment , boom , bother ,
botheration , box barrage , breach , break , break open , break up ,
breakage , broadside , broken , bump , burned , burst , burst of speed ,
bury , bust , busted , bustle , cache , cannonade , cannonry , canter ,
cascade , check , checked , chip , chipped , clap , clash , cleft , coffin ,
come apart , come unstuck , commotion , conceal , convulsion , cover ,
crack , cracked , crash , crazed , creeping barrage , crump , cut ,
cyclone , damaged , dash , dead run , debouchment , deflagration ,
deteriorated , detonate , detonation , discharge , disintegrate ,
dissiliency , dive , dogtrot , drive , drumfire , embittered ,
emergency barrage , enfilade , ensconce , entomb , eructation ,
eruption , exacerbated , exfoliate , explode , explosion ,
fall to pieces , feery-fary , ferment , fidgetiness , fire , fissure ,
fit , flank speed , flap , flare , flare up , flare-up , flash ,
flash fire , flat-out speed , flop , flurry , fluster , flutter ,
flutteriness , forced draft , fracture , fragment , fulguration ,
full gallop , fulminate , fulmination , fusillade , fuss , fussiness ,
gale , gallop , gap , give away , give way , go off , gunshot , gush ,
gust , hand gallop , harmed , headlong rush , heavy right foot , hide ,
high lope , high words , hubbub , hullabaloo , hurricane , hurt ,
impaired , imperfect , in bits , in pieces , in shards , inhume ,
injured , inter , inurn , irritated , irruption , jet , jog trot , knock ,
lacerated , lay away , lay to rest , let off , lope , lunge , maelstrom ,
mangled , maximum speed , mortar barrage , mushroom , mutilated ,
normal barrage , occult , open throttle , outbreak , outburst ,
paroxysm , pash , pitch , plant , plunge , pop , pother , puncture ,
put away , race , rap , rapids , rent , report , restlessness , rift , rip ,
rive , run , rupture , ruptured , rush , sally , salvo , scalded , scale ,
scamper , scene , scorched , scramble , screen , scud , scurry , scuttle ,
secrete , seizure , sepulcher , sepulture , set off , shatter ,
shattered , shiver , shoot , shot , shower , slam , slap , slash , slashed ,
slat , slice , slit , smack , smash , smashed , smatter , snap , spasm ,
spate , spew , splat , splinter , split , spray , spring a leak , sprint ,
sprung , spurt , standing barrage , start , stash , stew , stir , storm ,
swap , sweat , swirl , tap , tear , tempest , the worse for , thwack ,
to-do , tomb , torn , tornado , torrent , touch off , trot , tumult ,
unquiet , upheaval , volcan , volley , vortex , weakened , whack , wham ,
whap , whirl , whirlwind , whomp , whop , wide-open speed , worse ,
worse off , worsened


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