burst
English
/bɝst/, /bɜːst/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To break from internal pressure.
- (transitive) To cause to break from internal pressure.
- (transitive) To cause to break by any means.
- (transitive) To separate (printer paper) at perforation lines.
- (intransitive) To enter or exit hurriedly and unexpectedly.
- (intransitive) To erupt; to change state suddenly as if bursting.
- (transitive) To produce as an effect of bursting.
- (transitive) To interrupt suddenly in a violent or explosive manner; to shatter.
Etymology
Derived from Middle English bersten derived from Old English berstan (break, burst, shatter) derived from Proto-Germanic *brestaną (burst, break, rupture) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (burst, break, crack, separate, split).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰres-
Gloss
burst, break, crack, separate, split
Concept
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aburst English
- afterburst English
- air English
- airburst English
- bud English
- budburst English
- burstability English
- burstable English
- burster English
- bursteth English
- burstiness English
- burstlet English
- burstwise English
- burstwort English
- bursty English
- circumburst English
- cloud English
- cloudburst English
- color English
- colorburst English
- dam English
- damburst English
- downburst English
- forburst English
- ground English
- groundburst English
- in English
- inburst English
- interburst English
- interburstlet English
- intraburst English
- macroburst English
- microburst English
- miniburst English
- outburst English
- outburster English
- postburst English
- poststarburst English
- preburst English
- rock English
- rockburst English
- star English
- starburst English
- sun English
- sunburst English
- sunburstery English
- superburst English
- superoutburst English
- thunder English
- thunderburst English
- toburst English
- unburst English
- unburstable English
- upburst English
- wort English
- Gebresten German
- bersten German
- zerbersten German
- barsten Dutch, Flemish
- barstig Dutch, Flemish
- losbarsten Dutch, Flemish
- openbarsten Dutch, Flemish
- uitbarsten Dutch, Flemish
- weerbarstig Dutch, Flemish
- φάρσος Ancient Greek
- *bʰres- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰrest- Proto-Indo-European
- *brasō Proto-Germanic
- *brestaną Proto-Germanic
- *brustanaz Proto-Germanic
- brista Swedish
- berstan Old English
- forberstan Old English
- toberstan Old English
- bersten Middle English
- forbersten Middle English
- outbersten Middle English
- tobursten Middle English
- athbhris Irish
- bris Irish
- briseadh Irish
- sobhriste Irish
- bresta Old Norse
- briste Danish
- bersten Middle Dutch
- brestan Old High German
- brisid Old Irish
- bris Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- brish Manx
- bresten Middle High German
- *brasa gmw-pro
- brestan Old Dutch
- *brestā Proto-Celtic
- bersten Middle Low German
- brestan Old Saxon
- brista Old Swedish
- *bristan Frankish
- *bristijan Frankish
- bersta Old Frisian
- basten Low German
- in
- air
- dam
- bud
- sun
- wort
- rock
- star
- color
- cloud
- aburst
- ground
- bursty
- unburst
- thunder
- upburst
- burster
- inburst
- toburst
- preburst
- forburst
- outburst
- bursteth
- sunburst
- burstlet
- airburst
- budburst
- damburst
- burstable
- burstwort
- downburst
- postburst
- miniburst
- burstwise
- rockburst
- starburst
- colorburst
- microburst
- afterburst
- superburst
- interburst
- cloudburst
- intraburst
- outburster
- burstiness
- macroburst
- circumburst
- unburstable
- sunburstery
- groundburst
- thunderburst
- burstability
- superoutburst
- poststarburst
- interburstlet