Definitions for burst
bɜrstburst

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. explosion, burstnoun

   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. fusillade, salvo, volley, burstnoun

   rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms

   "our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise"

3. burst, fitnoun

   a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason)

   "a burst of applause"; "a fit of housecleaning"

4. outburst, burst, flare-upverb

   a sudden intense happening

   "an outburst of heavy rain"; "a burst of lightning"

5. burst, split, break openverb

   come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure

   "The bubble burst"

6. break, burst, eruptverb

   force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up

   "break into tears"; "erupt in anger"

7. explode, burstverb

   burst outward, usually with noise

   "The champagne bottle exploded"

8. burstverb

   move suddenly, energetically, or violently

   "He burst out of the house into the cool night"

9. abound, burst, bristleverb

   be in a state of movement or action

   "The room abounded with screaming children"; "The garden bristled with toddlers"

10. burstverb

    emerge suddenly

    "The sun burst into view"

11. collapse, burstverb

    cause to burst

    "The ice broke the pipe"

12. burst, bustverb

    break open or apart suddenly and forcefully

    "The dam burst"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. burstnoun

   An instance of, or the act of bursting.

   The bursts of the bombs could be heard miles away.

2. burstverb

   To break from internal pressure.

   I blew the balloon up too much, and it burst.

3. burstverb

   To cause to break from internal pressure.

   I burst the balloon when I blew it up too much.

4. burstverb

   To separate formfeed at perforation lines

   I printed the report on formfeed paper then burst the sheets.

5. burstverb

   To enter or exit hurriedly and unexpectedly..

6. Etymology: bersten, from berstan, from brestanan (compare West Frisian boarste, Dutch barsten, Swedish brista), from bʰre-s-t- (compare Irish bris ‘to break’), enlargement of ‘to snip, split’. More at brine.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Burstnoun

   A sudden disruption; a sudden and violent action of any kind.

   Etymology: from the verb.

   Since I was man,
   Such sheets of fire, such burst of horrid thunder,
   Such groans of roaring wind and rain, I never
   Remember to have heard. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   Down they came, and drew
   The whole roof after them, with burst of thunder,
   Upon the heads of all. John Milton, Agonistes, l. 1650.

   Imprison’d fire, in the close dungeons pent,
   Roar to get loose, and struggle for a vent,
   Eating their way, and undermining all,
   Till with a mighty burst whole mountains fall. Addison.

2. Burst, Burstenparticipial adj.

   Diseased with a hernia, or rupture.

   Etymology: from burst.

3. To Burstverb

   To break suddenly; to make a quick and violent disruption.

   My breast I’ll burst with straining of my courage,
   And from my shoulders crack my arms asunder,
   But I will chastise this high-minded strumpet. William Shakespeare.

   He fasten’d on my neck, and bellow’d out,
   As if he would burst heav’n. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   Moses saith also, the fountains of the great abyss were burst asunder, to make the deluge; and what means this abyss, and the bursting of it, if restrained to Judea? what appearance is there of this disruption there? Thomas Burnet, Theory.

   If the juices of an animal body were, so as by the mixture of the opposites, to cause an ebullition, they would burst the vessels. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.

4. To BURSTverb

   I burst; I have burst, or bursten.

   Etymology: burstan , Saxon.

   1. To break, or fly open.

   So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. Prov. iii. 10.

   2. To fly asunder.

   Yet am I thankful; if my heart were great,
   ’Twould burst at this. William Shakespeare, All’s well that ends well.

   3. To break away; to spring.

   You burst, ah cruel! from my arms,
   And swiftly shoot along the mall,
   Or softly glide by the canal. Alexander Pope.

   4. To come suddenly.

   A resolved villain,
   Whose bowels suddenly burst out; the king
   Yet speaks, and, peradventure, may recover. William Shakespeare.

   If the worlds
   In worlds inclos’d, shou’d on his senses burst,
   He wou’d abhorrent turn. James Thomson, Summer, l. 310.

   5. To come by violence.

   Well didst thou, Richard, to suppress thy voice;
   For had the passions of thy heart burst out,
   I fear, we should have seen decypher’d there
   More ranc’rous spight. William Shakespeare, Henry VI. p. i.

   Where is the notable passage over the river Euphrates, bursting out by the vallies of the mountain Antitaurus; from whence the plains of Mesopotamia, then part of the Persian kingdom, begin to open themselves. Richard Knolles, History of the Turks.

   Young spring protrudes the bursting gems. James Thomson.

   6. To begin an action violently.

   She burst into tears, and wrung her hands. Arbuthnot.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Burst

   of Burst

2. Burstverb

   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

3. Burstverb

   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

4. Burstverb

   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

5. Burstverb

   to break

6. Burstverb

   to produce as an effect of bursting; as, to burst a hole through the wall

7. Burstnoun

   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

8. Burstnoun

   any brief, violent exertion or effort; a spurt; as, a burst of speed

9. Burstnoun

   a sudden opening, as of landscape; a stretch; an expanse

10. Burstnoun

    a rupture or hernia; a breach

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Burst

   burst, v.t. to break into pieces: to break open suddenly or by violence: to disturb, interrupt.—v.i. to fly open or break in pieces: to break forth or away: to break into some sudden expression of feeling—e.g. 'to burst into song:'—pa.t. and pa.p. burst.—n. a sudden outbreak: a hard gallop: a spurt: a drunken bout.—Burst in, to force one's way violently into; Burst into blossom, to begin to blossom; Burst into tears, to fall a-crying; Burst out, to force one's way out violently; Burst up (coll.), to explode: to fail, become bankrupt.—A burst up, a collapse, failure.—On the burst, on the spree. [A.S. berstan; Ger. bersten; Gael. brisd, to break.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. burst

   The explosion of a shell or any gun.

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   • Emerge
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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'burst' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4739

2. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'burst' in Verbs Frequency: #631

Anagrams for burst »

1. strub

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of burst in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of burst in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of burst in a Sentence

1. World Athletics:

   World cross country champion at just Agnes Jebet Tirop burst, Agnes Jebet Tirop burst on to the global scene in 2015 and has been one of the world's best female distance runners over the past six years, this is a terrible blow to the entire athletics community, but especially to Agnes Jebet Tirop family, her friends and Athletics Kenya and I send them all our most heartfelt condolences.

2. Karmeen Kulkarni:

   It’s utilized by the body very quickly, so it gives you a quick burst of energy but then that goes away quickly too, so it doesn’t sustain the body very long.

3. Stephanie Ricker Schulte:

   After 2000, after the so-called bubble burst, 'dot-com' came to represent American hubris and greed, especially outside the U.S., my favorite example of this is an article published in Germany that described Internet executives washing their car with champagne.

4. Teresa Woodruff:

   We discovered the zinc spark just five years ago in the mouse, and to see the zinc radiate out in a burst from each human egg was breathtaking.

5. Bryan Howard:

   All states can improve their policies, the leading states are embracing this transition, but many more are just starting, even as the automakers are preparing a burst of new electric models.

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