BURST, v.i. pret. and pp. burst. The old participle bursten is nearly obsolete. 1. To fly or break open with force, or with sudden violence; to suffer a violent disruption. The peculiar force of this word is, in expressing a sudden rupture, with violence, or expansion, or both. Hence it is generally used to signify the sudden rupture of a thing by internal force,and a liberation from confinement; as, to burst from a prison; the heart bursts with grief.2. To break away; to spring from; as, to burst from the arms.3. To come or fall upon suddenly or with violence; to rush upon unexpectedly; as, a sound bursts upon our ears.4. To issue suddenly, or to come from a hidden or retired place into more open view; as, a river bursts from a valley; a spring bursts from the earth. 5. To break forth into action suddenly; as, to burst into tears.6. To break or rush in with violence; as, to burst into a house or a room.It is often followed by an intensive particle; as, out, forth, away, from, or asunder.BURST, v.t. To break or rend by force or violence; to open suddenly; as, to burst a chain or a door; to burst a cannon. BURST, n. A sudden disruption; a violent rending; more appropriately, a sudden explosion or shooting forth; as a burst of thunder; a burst of applause, a burst of passion. 1. A rupture, a hernia, or the unnatural protrusion of the contents of the abdomen.BURST, or BURST'EN, pp. or a. Affected with a rupture or hernia. BURST, pp. Opened or rent asunder by violence. |
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