5 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Burst \Burst\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Burst}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Bursting}. The past participle bursten is obsolete.] [OE.
bersten, bresten, AS. berstan (pers. sing. berste, imp. sing.
b[ae]rst, imp. pl. burston, p. p. borsten); akin to D.
bersten, G. bersten, OHG. brestan, OS. brestan, Icel. bresta,
Sw. brista, Dan. briste. Cf. {Brast}, {Break}.]
1. 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.
From the egg that soon
Bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed
Their callow young. --Milton.
Note: Often used figuratively, as of the heart, in reference
to a surcharge of passion, grief, desire, etc.
No, no, my heart will burst, an if I speak:
And I will speak, that so my heart may burst.
--Shak.
2. 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.
Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth. --Milton.
And now you burst (ah cruel!) from my arms. --Pope.
A resolved villain
Whose bowels suddenly burst out. --Shak.
We were the first that ever burst
Into that silent sea. --Coleridge.
To burst upon him like an earthquake. --Goldsmith.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Burst \Burst\ (b[^u]rst), verb (used with an object)
1. 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.
My breast I'll burst with straining of my courage.
--Shak.
2. To break. [Obs.]
You will not pay for the glasses you have burst?
--Shak.
He burst his lance against the sand below. --Fairfax
(Tasso).
3. To produce as an effect of bursting; as, to burst a hole
through the wall.
{Bursting charge}. See under {Charge}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Burst \Burst\, noun
1. 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.
Bursts of fox-hunting melody. --W. Irving.
2. Any brief, violent exertion or effort; a spurt; as, a
burst of speed.
3. A sudden opening, as of landscape; a stretch; an expanse.
[R.] ''A fine burst of country.'' --Jane Austen.
4. A rupture or hernia; a breach.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
burst
adjective: 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" [syn: {ruptured},
{busted}]
noun
1: the act of exploding or bursting something; "the explosion
of the firecrackers awoke the children"; "the burst of
an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft" [syn: {explosion}]
2: rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; "our fusillade
from the left flank caught them by surprise" [syn: {fusillade},
{salvo}, {volley}]
3: a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason);
"a burst of applause"; "a fit of housecleaning" [syn: {fit}]
4: a sudden violent happening; "an outburst of heavy rain"; "a
burst of lightning" [syn: {outburst}, {flare-up}]
verb
1: break open or apart suddenly; "The bubble burst" [syn: {split},
{break open}]
2: force out or release suddenly and often violently something
pent up; "break into tears"; "erupt in anger" [syn: {break},
{erupt}]
3: burst outward, usually with noise; "The champagne bottle
exploded" [syn: {explode}] [ant: {implode}]
4: move suddenly, energetically, or violently; "He burst out of
the house into the cool night"
5: be in a state of movement or action; "The room abounded with
screaming children"; "The garden bristled with toddlers"
[syn: {abound}, {bristle}]
6: emerge suddenly; "The sun burst into view"
7: cause to burst; "The ice broke the pipe" [syn: {collapse}]
8: break open or apart suddenly and forcefully; "The dam burst"
[syn: {bust}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
278 Moby Thesaurus words for "burst":
access, ado, aggravated, agitation, antiaircraft barrage, backfire,
bang, bark, barrage, belch, blast, blaze, blaze of temper,
blow out, blow up, blowout, blowup, bombardment, boom, bother,
botheration, box barrage, breach, break, break open, break up,
breakage, broadside, broken, bump, burned, burst, burst of speed,
bury, bust, busted, bustle, cache, cannonade, cannonry, canter,
cascade, check, checked, chip, chipped, clap, clash, cleft, coffin,
come apart, come unstuck, commotion, conceal, convulsion, cover,
crack, cracked, crash, crazed, creeping barrage, crump, cut,
cyclone, damaged, dash, dead run, debouchment, deflagration,
deteriorated, detonate, detonation, discharge, disintegrate,
dissiliency, dive, dogtrot, drive, drumfire, embittered,
emergency barrage, enfilade, ensconce, entomb, eructation,
eruption, exacerbated, exfoliate, explode, explosion,
fall to pieces, feery-fary, ferment, fidgetiness, fire, fissure,
fit, flank speed, flap, flare, flare up, flare-up, flash,
flash fire, flat-out speed, flop, flurry, fluster, flutter,
flutteriness, forced draft, fracture, fragment, fulguration,
full gallop, fulminate, fulmination, fusillade, fuss, fussiness,
gale, gallop, gap, give away, give way, go off, gunshot, gush,
gust, hand gallop, harmed, headlong rush, heavy right foot, hide,
high lope, high words, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurricane, hurt,
impaired, imperfect, in bits, in pieces, in shards, inhume,
injured, inter, inurn, irritated, irruption, jet, jog trot, knock,
lacerated, lay away, lay to rest, let off, lope, lunge, maelstrom,
mangled, maximum speed, mortar barrage, mushroom, mutilated,
normal barrage, occult, open throttle, outbreak, outburst,
paroxysm, pash, pitch, plant, plunge, pop, pother, puncture,
put away, race, rap, rapids, rent, report, restlessness, rift, rip,
rive, run, rupture, ruptured, rush, sally, salvo, scalded, scale,
scamper, scene, scorched, scramble, screen, scud, scurry, scuttle,
secrete, seizure, sepulcher, sepulture, set off, shatter,
shattered, shiver, shoot, shot, shower, slam, slap, slash, slashed,
slat, slice, slit, smack, smash, smashed, smatter, snap, spasm,
spate, spew, splat, splinter, split, spray, spring a leak, sprint,
sprung, spurt, standing barrage, start, stash, stew, stir, storm,
swap, sweat, swirl, tap, tear, tempest, the worse for, thwack,
to-do, tomb, torn, tornado, torrent, touch off, trot, tumult,
unquiet, upheaval, volcan, volley, vortex, weakened, whack, wham,
whap, whirl, whirlwind, whomp, whop, wide-open speed, worse,
worse off, worsened
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