burst
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[edit] Etymology
Middle English bersten, from Old English berstan, from Proto-Germanic *brestanan (compare West Frisian boarste, Dutch barsten, Swedish brista), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰre-s-t- (compare Irish bris ‘to break’), enlargement of *bʰreHi- ‘to snip, split’. More at brine.
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burst (plural bursts)
- An instance of, or the act of bursting.
- The bursts of the bombs could be heard miles away.
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instance or act of bursting
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burst (third-person singular simple present bursts, present participle bursting, simple past burst or archaically brast, past participle burst or rarely bursten)
- (intransitive) To break from internal pressure.
- I blew the balloon up too much, and it burst.
- (transitive) To cause to break from internal pressure.
- I burst the balloon when I blew it up too much.
- (transitive) To separate formfeed at perforation lines
- I printed the report on formfeed paper then burst the sheets.
- (intransitive) To enter or exit hurriedly and unexpectedly..
- 1856: Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter X, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
- He entered Maromme shouting for the people of the inn, burst open the door with a thrust of his shoulder, made for a sack of oats, emptied a bottle of sweet cider into the manger, and again mounted his nag, whose feet struck fire as it dashed along.
- 1913, Mariano Azuela, The Underdogs, translated by E. MunguÍa, Jr.
- Like hungry dogs who have sniffed their meat, the mob bursts in, trampling down the women who sought to bar the entrance with their bodies.
- 1856: Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter X, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
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to break from internal pressure
to cause to burst
[edit] Old High German
[edit] Etymology
Common Germanic, akin to Old English byrst, Old Norse burst
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burst
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