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Definition of 'burst'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) burst
to break, break open, or fly apart with sudden violence.

2.  burst
to issue forth suddenly and forcibly.

3.  burst
to give sudden expression to or as if to emotion:
to burst into tears.

4.  burst
to be extremely full, as if ready to break open:
a room bursting with people.

5.  burst
to appear suddenly:
The sun burst through the clouds.

6. (v.t.) burst
to cause to break suddenly and violently.

7.  burst
to cause or suffer the rupture of:
to burst a blood vessel.

8.  burst
to separate (the sheets of a multipart copy).

9. (n.) burst
an act or instance of bursting.

10.  burst
a sudden, intense display, as of energy or effort:
a burst of speed.

11.  burst
a sudden expression or manifestation, as of emotion:
a burst of affection.

12.  burst
the explosion of a projectile, esp. in a specified place:
an air burst.

13.  burst
a rapid sequence of shots:
a machine gun burst.

14.  burst
breach; gap:
to plug a burst in the dike.

Definition of 'burst'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) explosion, burst
the act of exploding or bursting
"the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children"; "the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft"

2. (noun) fusillade, salvo, volley, burst
rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
"our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise"

3. (noun) burst, fit
a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason)
"a burst of applause"; "a fit of housecleaning"

4. (verb) outburst, burst, flare-up
a sudden intense happening
"an outburst of heavy rain"; "a burst of lightning"

5. (verb) burst, split, break open
come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
"The bubble burst"

6. (verb) break, burst, erupt
force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
"break into tears"; "erupt in anger"

7. (verb) explode, burst
burst outward, usually with noise
"The champagne bottle exploded"

8. (verb) burst
move suddenly, energetically, or violently
"He burst out of the house into the cool night"

9. (verb) abound, burst, bristle
be in a state of movement or action
"The room abounded with screaming children"; "The garden bristled with toddlers"

10. (verb) burst
emerge suddenly
"The sun burst into view"

11. (verb) collapse, burst
cause to burst
"The ice broke the pipe"

12. (verb) burst, bust
break open or apart suddenly and forcefully
"The dam burst"

Definition of 'burst'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) burst
to break or cause to break suddenly
The milk carton burst.; to burst a balloon

2. burst
to move suddenly in a particular direction
to burst into the room; They burst through the door

3. burst
burst in on sb
to surprise sb by suddenly entering the room
She burst in on us while we were fighting.

4. (noun) burst
a burst of
a sudden action, emotion or activity
a burst of laughter; a burst of optimism

Definition of 'burst'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) burst
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

2. (noun) burst
any brief, violent exertion or effort; a spurt; as, a burst of speed

3. (noun) burst
a sudden opening, as of landscape; a stretch; an expanse

4. (noun) burst
a rupture or hernia; a breach

5. burst
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6. (verb) burst
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

7. (verb) burst
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

8. (verb) burst
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

9. (verb) burst
to break

10. (verb) burst
to produce as an effect of bursting; as, to burst a hole through the wall

Translation of 'burst'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to break open or in pieces suddenly The bag/balloon burst.
Afrikaans: bars	Arabic: يَنْفَجِرُ	Bulgarian: пръсвам (се)
Brazilian: rebentar	Czech: prasknout, roztrhnout se,	German: bersten
Danish: revne; springe	Greek: σπάζω σε κομμάτια, σκάω	Spanish: reventar
Estonian: lõhkema	Farsi: ترکیدن؛ از هم پاشیدن	Finnish: puhjeta
French: éclater	Hebrew: לְהִתפּוֹצֵץ	Hindi: फटना
Croatian: puknuti	Hungarian: szétreped	Indonesian: meletus (pecah)
Icelandic: bresta, brotna, rifna, sp	Italian: esplodere, scoppiare	Japanese: 破裂する
Korean: 폭발하다	Lithuanian: sprogti, trūkti	Latvian: sprāgt; eksplodēt; []plīs
Malay: memecahkan	Dutch: openbarsten	Norwegian: briste, sprenges, eksplod
Polish: rozsadzić, pęknąć	Persian: ترکیدن؛ از هم پاشیدن	Pashto: چودیدل ، له یو بل څخه لی
Portuguese: rebentar	Romanian: a se sparge	Russian: лопаться, разрываться
Slovak: prasknúť, puknúť, roztrha	Slovenian: razpočiti se	Serbian: rasprsnuti se
Swedish: brista, rämna, spricka	Thai: ระเบิด	Turkish: patlamak
Taiwanese: 爆開	Ukrainian: лопатися; розриватися	Urdu: پھٹ کر ٹکڑے ٹکڑے ہونا
Vietnamese: nổ tung	Chinese: 爆裂
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