English Explanatory Dictionary

burst

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To break from internal pressure.
  2. To cause to break from internal pressure.
  3. To cause to break by any means.
  4. To separate (printer paper) at perforation lines.
  5. To enter or exit hurriedly and unexpectedly.
  6. To erupt; to change state suddenly as if bursting.
  7. To produce as an effect of bursting.
  8. To interrupt suddenly in a violent or explosive manner; to shatter.
noun
  1. An act or instance of bursting.
  2. A sudden, often intense, expression, manifestation or display.
  3. A series of shots fired from an automatic firearm.
  4. The explosion of a bomb or missile.
  5. A drinking spree.

Pronunciation

/bɝst/ /bɜːst/ en-us-burst.ogg

Word forms

burst bursts bursting brast bursted bursten brust

Etymology

From Middle English bresten, bersten, from Old English berstan, from Proto-West Germanic *brestan, from Proto-Germanic *brestaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to burst, break, crack, split, separate”), enlargement of *bʰreHi- (“to snip, split”). See also West Frisian boarste, Dutch barsten, Danish briste, Swedish brista; also Irish bris (“to break”)). More at brine. Also cognate to debris.

Synonyms

spurt

Related words

bust bost

Derived words

aburst bank-bursting burstability burstable burst a blood vessel burst at the seams burster burst forth burst in bursting pressure burst into burst into flame burst into flames burst into flower burst into tears burst out burst out laughing burst someone's bubble burst up fit to burst forburst reburst unburst afterburst airburst air burst air-burst bird burst black and burst budburst burstlet burst mode burst noise burstwise burstwort bursty circumburst cloud-burst cloudburst cloud burst colorburst damburst downburst extinction burst fast radio burst flavor burst gamma-ray burst groundburst inburst interburst intraburst last burst of fire macroburst mergeburst microburst miniburst on the burst outburst overburst postburst

Translations

Albanian: përplasje Bulgarian: пръсвам Bulgarian: взривявам Catalan: esclatar Catalan: esquerdar Dutch: doen barsten Finnish: halkaista Finnish: puhkaista Finnish: räjäyttää French: faire éclater French: rompre French: briser German: sprengen Greek: σκάω Ancient Greek: διασπάω Hungarian: szétpukkaszt Hungarian: kipukkaszt Hungarian: kidurrant Indonesian: meletus Indonesian: meletup Irish: pléasc Italian: far scoppiare Italian: strappare Italian: separare Latin: dīrumpō Low German: doon barsten Middle English: bresten Plautdietsch: tweirieten Portuguese: estourar Russian: разрыва́ть Russian: разорва́ть Russian: ло́пать Russian: ло́пнуть Spanish: reventar Spanish: romper Swahili: kukata Swedish: spräcka Telugu: పగలగొట్టు Turkish: patlatmak Vietnamese: làm bể Vietnamese: bể Welsh: byrstio Welsh: ffrwydro
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