Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to burst
Participle: burst
Gerund: bursting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | burst |
| you | burst |
| he;she;it | bursts |
| we | burst |
| you | burst |
| they | burst |
Perfect
| I | have burst |
| you | have burst |
| he;she;it | has burst |
| we | have burst |
| you | have burst |
| they | have burst |
Past
| I | burst |
| you | burst |
| he;she;it | burst |
| we | burst |
| you | burst |
| they | burst |
Pluperfect
| I | had burst |
| you | had burst |
| he;she;it | had burst |
| we | had burst |
| you | had burst |
| they | had burst |
Future
| I | will burst |
| you | will burst |
| he;she;it | will burst |
| we | will burst |
| you | will burst |
| they | will burst |
Future Perfect
| I | will have burst |
| you | will have burst |
| he;she;it | will have burst |
| we | will have burst |
| you | will have burst |
| they | will have burst |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | burst |
| you | burst |
| he;she;it | burst |
| we | burst |
| you | burst |
| they | burst |
Perfect
| I | have burst |
| you | have burst |
| he;she;it | have burst |
| we | have burst |
| you | have burst |
| they | have burst |
Imperfect
| I | burst |
| you | burst |
| he;she;it | burst |
| we | burst |
| you | burst |
| they | burst |
Pluperfect
| I | had burst |
| you | had burst |
| he;she;it | had burst |
| we | had burst |
| you | had burst |
| they | had burst |
Conditional
Present
| I | would burst |
| you | would burst |
| he;she;it | would burst |
| we | would burst |
| you | would burst |
| they | would burst |
Perfect
| I | would have burst |
| you | would have burst |
| he;she;it | would have burst |
| we | would have burst |
| you | would have burst |
| they | would have burst |
Imperative
| you | burst |
| we | Let's burst |
| you | burst |
Verbs conjugated like 'burst'
beset,
broadcast,
burst,
bust,
cost,
crosscut,
cut,
forecast,
hit,
hurt,
inset,
let,
misread,
overset,
overspread,
put,
read,
rebroadcast,
recut,
relet, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'burst'
buist,
bust,
beast,
best,
blast,
blurt,
boast,
boost,
bost,
brast,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- explode
- blast, crack, split
- break
- rupture, fissure, rend, tear
- pierce
- puncture, prick, penetrate, perforate
Antonyms
- break
- repair, mend, unite, join
Additional Information
Cf. Old English strong verb berstan
Etymology
1. O.E.
berstan "break suddenly" (class III strong verb; past tense
bærst, pp.
borsten), from a W.Gmc. metathesis of P.Gmc.
*brestanan (cf. O.Fris.
bersta, M.Du.
berstan, Low Ger.
barsten), from PIE base
*bhres- "to burst, break, crack." The forms reverted to
brest- in M.E. from influence of O.N.
brestan/brast/brosten from the same Gmc. root, but it was re-metathesized late 16c. and emerged in the modern form, though
brast was common as p.t. through 17c. and survives in dialect.
2. 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”).
3. See also West Frisian boarste, Dutch barsten, Danish briste, Swedish brista; also Irish bris (“to break”)). More at brine. Also cognate to debris. See: Middle English '
bresten', Old English '
berstan', Proto-Germanic '
*brestaną', Dutch '
barsten', Danish '
briste', Swedish '
brista', Irish '
bris'.
Verbs referencing "burst"
Irish
bris, Scots Gaelic
bris, Danish
briste, German, old spelling
bersten, Icelandic
bresta, Low Saxon basten, Manx
brish, Welsh
byrstio.
Sample Sentences
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[...] one bent upon driving her back, and hitting her exactly between the eyes whenever she attempts to advance an inch. Imagine the ship herself, with every pulse and artery of her huge body swollen and bursting under this maltreatment, sworn to go on or die. Imagine the wind howling, the sea roaring, the rain beating: all in furious array against her. Picture the sky both dark and wild, and the clouds, [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] laughing than I can at any other comical incident, happening under circumstances the most favourable to its enjoyment. About midnight we shipped a sea, which forced its way through the skylights, burst open the doors above, and came raging and roaring down into the ladies ’ cabin, to the unspeakable consternation of my wife and a little Scotch lady—who, by the way, had previously sent a message to [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Eliza started. “ O, missis ! ” she said, raising her eyes; then, bursting into tears, she sat down in a chair, and began sobbing.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Surprised and frightened, Eliza sat down, leaned her head on her husband's shoulder, and burst into tears.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] respects to ’ em, ” said John; “ tell ’ em it's no matter how soon they call,—make no kinder difference to us, ” said John, running his fingers through the shock of hair that thatched his head, and bursting out into a great laugh.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] ‘In a word, you are happy here ? ’ said one of my companions. She struggled—she did struggle very hard—to answer, Yes; but raising her eyes, and meeting that glimpse of freedom overhead, she burst into tears, and said, ‘She tried to be; she uttered no complaint; but it was natural that she should sometimes long to go out of that one cell: she could not help that, ’ she sobbed, poor [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] the heights of the mountain in a keen wind, to look down into a valley full of light and softness; catching glimpses, through the tree-tops, of scattered cabins; children running to the doors; dogs bursting out to bark, whom we could see without hearing: terrified pigs scampering homewards; families sitting out in their rude gardens; cows gazing upward with a stupid indifference; men in their [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] top of a barrel of spirits. But the chief feature of this part of the show was a huge allegorical device, borne among the ship-carpenters, on one side whereof the steamboat Alcohol was represented bursting her boiler and exploding with a great crash, while upon the other, the good ship Temperance sailed away with a fair wind, to the heart 's content of the captain, crew, and passengers.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] ’ says the colonel, ‘Doctor Crocus. ’ Upon which Doctor Crocus, who is a tall, fine-looking Scotchman, but rather fierce and warlike in appearance for a professor of the peaceful art of healing, bursts out of the concourse with his right arm extended, and his chest thrown out as far as it will possibly come, and says:
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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As he finished, she suddenly threw her arms around his neck, burst into tears, and sobbed convulsively.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Pah! They are bursting crackers like a super fireworks show
(Magudam)