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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Burst \Burst\, v. i. [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 The past participle bursten is obsolete.]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.
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              From the egg that soon
              Bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed
              Their callow young.                   --Milton.
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     Note: Often used figuratively, as of the heart, in reference
           to a surcharge of passion, grief, desire, etc.
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                 No, no, my heart will burst, an if I speak:
                 And I will speak, that so my heart may burst.
                                                    --Shak.
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     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.
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              Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth. --Milton.
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              And now you burst (ah cruel!) from my arms. --Pope.
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              A resolved villain
              Whose bowels suddenly burst out.      --Shak.
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              We were the first that ever burst
              Into that silent sea.                 --Coleridge.
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              To burst upon him like an earthquake. --Goldsmith.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Burst \Burst\, v. i. [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 WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  bursting
       adj : (of munitions) going off; "bursting bombs"; "an exploding
             nuclear device"; "a spectacular display of detonating
             anti-tank mines" [syn: detonating, exploding]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  bursting
     a.
     1 Very eager (''to'' do something).
     2 (qualifier: often followed by "to go to...") Urgently
  needing to urinate.
     3 So full (''with'' something) as almost to erupt.
     n.
     The act by which something bursts.
     vb.
     (present participle of en burst nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  bursting
     a.
     1 Very eager (''to'' do something).
     2 (qualifier: often followed by "to go to...") Urgently
  needing to urinate.
     3 So full (''with'' something) as almost to erupt.
     n.
     The act by which something bursts.
     vb.
     (present participle of en burst nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  bursting
     a.
     1 Very eager (''to'' do something).
     2 (qualifier: often followed by "to go to...") Urgently
  needing to urinate.
     3 So full (''with'' something) as almost to erupt.
     n.
     The act by which something bursts.
     vb.
     (present participle of en burst nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  bursting
     a.
     1 Very eager (''to'' do something).
     2 (qualifier: often followed by "to go to...") Urgently
  needing to urinate.
     3 So full (''with'' something) as almost to erupt.
     n.
     The act by which something bursts.
     vb.
     (present participle of en burst nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  bursting
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm b urst ing)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  bursting
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en burst ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb burst)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Bursting /bˈɜːstɪŋ/
  الانفجار

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  bursting /bˈɜːstɪŋ/ 
  roztržení

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  bursting /bˈɜːstɪŋ/ 
  puknutí

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  bursting /bˈɜːstɪŋ/ 
  prasknutí

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  bursting /bˈɜːstɪŋ/ 
  překypující