English Explanatory Dictionary

bursten

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. past participle of burst.
adj
  1. Burst; broken; ruptured.
  2. Affected with a rupture or hernia.

Word forms

bursten more bursten most bursten

Etymology

From Middle English bursten, borsten, from Old English borsten, ġeborsten, from Proto-Germanic *brustanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *brestaną (“to burst”). More at burst.

Derived words

burstenness
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