burst

CEFRC1

/bɝst/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To break open suddenly or explode outward.

  2. 02

    noun

    A sudden short period of strong activity or feeling.

Examples

  • As soon as he entered the classroom, our teacher burst into angry speech.

  • By September the burst in spending seemed to be tapering off.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To cause to break from internal pressure.

  2. To break from internal pressure.

  3. To separate (printer paper) at perforation lines.

More examples

In context

  • That balloon will burst if you blow it up any more.

  • I blew the balloon up too much, and it burst.

  • I burst the balloon when I blew it up too much.

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

From Middle English bresten, bersten, from Old English berstan, from Proto-West Germanic *brestan, from Proto-Germanic *brestaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to burst, break, crack, split, separate”), enlargement of *bʰreHi- (“to snip, split”). See also West Frisian boarste, Dutch barsten, Danish briste, Swedish brista; also Irish bris (“to break”)). More at brine. Also cognate to debris.