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verb

Burst v. t. (past & past part. burst; pres. part. bursting; the past participle bursten is obsolete)

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."

To break. (Obs.) "You will not pay for the glasses you have burst?" "He burst his lance against the sand below."

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

Bursting charge. See under Charge.

Burst v. i. (past & past part. burst; pres. part. bursting; the past participle bursten is obsolete)

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." 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."

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." "And now you burst (ah cruel!) from my arms." "A resolved villain Whose bowels suddenly burst out." "We were the first that ever burst Into that silent sea." "To burst upon him like an earthquake."

noun

Burst n.

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."

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

A sudden opening, as of landscape; a stretch; an expanse. (R.) "A fine burst of country."

A rupture or hernia; a breach.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Burst" Quotes from Famous Books

... slave society tends directly to develop. It may be kept carefully out of sight, but there it lurks, in the hardened hearts of men, like water within rocks. It is forever gushing up in little springs of despotism. Once it burst forth in a vast convulsive flood, and that ...

— Cudjo's Cave • J. T. Trowbridge

... order that she should immediately be set on fire. Tom, who had been anticipating the result, was very much pleased when the gunner returned with Jack's orders for her destruction. Light was set to her fore and aft, and as the boats pulled away, flames burst out from all directions, the glare, as they rose higher, extending to a far distance ...

— The Three Commanders • W.H.G. Kingston

... the housekeeper was just remarking, in a fat, comfortable voice, when Richards, the chauffeur, burst ...

— Malcolm Sage, Detective • Herbert George Jenkins

... not count. He had not quitted his seat the whole evening, and still went on persistently drinking with the assistant-surgeon, an exceedingly stout man, with a face scarred by students' fights. The scars were glowing now as if they would burst. ...

— 'Jena' or 'Sedan'? • Franz Beyerlein

... me," said Mr. Pericles. "We shall not burst out about zis Riga man. He is a villain,—very well. Say it. He is a villain,—say so. And stop. Because" (and up went the Greek's forefinger), "we must not have a scandal, in ze fairst place. We ...

— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith

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