BURST
\bˈɜːst], \bˈɜːst], \b_ˈɜː_s_t]\
Definitions of BURST
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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break open or apart suddenly; "The bubble burst"
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rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; "our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise"
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a sudden violent happening; "an outburst of heavy rain"; "a burst of lightning"
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emerge suddenly; "The sun burst into view"
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move suddenly, energetically, or violently; "He burst out of the house into the cool night"
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cause to burst; "The ice broke the pipe"
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force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up; "break into tears"; "erupt in anger"
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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"
By Princeton University
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break open or apart suddenly; "The bubble burst"
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rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; "our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise"
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a sudden violent happening; "an outburst of heavy rain"; "a burst of lightning"
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emerge suddenly; "The sun burst into view"
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move suddenly, energetically, or violently; "He burst out of the house into the cool night"
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cause to burst; "The ice broke the pipe"
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force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up; "break into tears"; "erupt in anger"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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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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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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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To break.
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To produce as an effect of bursting; as, to burst a hole through the wall.
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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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Any brief, violent exertion or effort; a spurt; as, a burst of speed.
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A sudden opening, as of landscape; a stretch; an expanse.
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A rupture or hernia; a breach.
By Oddity Software
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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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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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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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To break.
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To produce as an effect of bursting; as, to burst a hole through the wall.
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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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Any brief, violent exertion or effort; a spurt; as, a burst of speed.
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A sudden opening, as of landscape; a stretch; an expanse.
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A rupture or hernia; a breach.
By Noah Webster.
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To break.
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To suffer rupture from an internal force.
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To exhibit some sudden and violent activity, break forth; break away.
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To be filled or stirred to overflowing or breaking, as with passion.
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A sudden or violent explosion or breaking forth; sudden rending or disruption.
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A sudden effort; spurt; rush; as a burst of speed.
By James Champlin Fernald
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To break open by flying to pieces; to explode; to break suddenly into action, speech, or feeling; usually with out, upon, into, etc.; as, to burst into tears; appear or disappear suddenly; as, a scene bursts upon the view.
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Burst.
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Bursting.
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To break by violence; to open suddenly.
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A violent or sudden breaking forth; as, a burst of applause; a sudden explosion; a rush; a spurt.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To break into pieces: to break open suddenly or by violence.
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To fly open or break in pieces: to break forth or away:-pa.t. and pa.p. burst.
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A sudden outbreak.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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