burst : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: burst	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for burst
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
burst n the act of exploding or bursting; "the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children"; "the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft" Synonym(s): explosion, burst rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; "our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise" Synonym(s): fusillade, salvo, volley, burst a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason); "a burst of applause"; "a fit of housecleaning" Synonym(s): burst, fit a sudden intense happening; "an outburst of heavy rain"; "a burst of lightning" Synonym(s): outburst, burst, flare-up v come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure; "The bubble burst" Synonym(s): burst, split, break open force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up; "break into tears"; "erupt in anger" Synonym(s): break, burst, erupt burst outward, usually with noise; "The champagne bottle exploded" Synonym(s): explode, burst Antonym(s): go off, implode move suddenly, energetically, or violently; "He burst out of the house into the cool night" be in a state of movement or action; "The room abounded with screaming children"; "The garden bristled with toddlers" Synonym(s): abound, burst, bristle emerge suddenly; "The sun burst into view" cause to burst; "The ice broke the pipe" Synonym(s): collapse, burst break open or apart suddenly and forcefully; "The dam burst" Synonym(s): burst, bust
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Burst \Burst\ (b[ucir]rst), v. t. 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 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 The past participle bursten is obsolete.]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[91]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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Burst \Burst\, n. 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.] [bd]A fine burst of country.[b8] --Jane Austen. 4. A rupture or hernia; a breach.