A burst is a sudden flurry of activity. Bursts of energy are helpful in shoveling heavy snow, but it's better if you work steadily instead of shoveling fast and stopping.
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;
Noun
the act of exploding or bursting something; "the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children"; "the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft"
Noun
a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason); "a burst of applause"; "a fit of housecleaning"
Noun
rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; "our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise"
Noun
a sudden violent happening; "an outburst of heavy rain"; "a burst of lightning"
Verb
burst outward, usually with noise; "The champagne bottle exploded"
Verb
break open or apart suddenly; "The bubble burst"
Verb
break open or apart suddenly and forcefully; "The dam burst"
Verb
emerge suddenly; "The sun burst into view"
Verb
force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up; "break into tears"; "erupt in anger"
Verb
move suddenly, energetically, or violently; "He burst out of the house into the cool night"
Verb
cause to burst; "The ice broke the pipe"
Verb
be in a state of movement or action; "The room abounded with screaming children"; "The garden bristled with toddlers"
Adjective S.
suddenly and violently broken open especially from internal pressure (`busted'' is an informal term for `burst''); "a burst balloon"; "burst pipes"; "burst seams"; "a ruptured appendix"; "a busted balloon"
imp. & p. p.
of Burst
v. i.
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.
v. i.
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.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To break.
v. t.
To produce as an effect of bursting; as, to burst a hole
through the wall.
n.
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.
n.
Any brief, violent exertion or effort; a spurt; as, a burst
of speed.
n.
A sudden opening, as of landscape; a stretch; an expanse.
n.
A rupture or hernia; a breach.
Burst
From the egg that soon Bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed Their callow young.
No, no, my heart will burst, an if I speak: And I will speak, that so my heart may burst.2.
Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth.
And now you burst (ah cruel!) from my arms.
A resolved villain Whose bowels suddenly burst out.
We were the first that ever burst Into that silent sea.
To burst upon him like an earthquake.
Burst
My breast I'll burst with straining of my courage.2.
You will not pay for the glasses you have burst?
He burst his lance against the sand below.3.
Burst
Bursts of fox-hunting melody.2.
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;
A sudden breaking forth; a violent rending; an explosion;
Usage Examples
What I needed most was to love and to be loved, eager to be caught. Happily I wrapped those painful bonds around me and sure enough, I would be lashed with the red-hot pokers or jealousy, by suspicions and fear, by burst of anger and quarrels.
I listened to it last night for the first time since we started this project. I went out to my car and put it in and went to an empty parking lot and just listened and read the little pamphlet that came with it. After two or three songs I burst into tears.
But after this natural burst of indignation, no man of sense, courage, or prudence will waste his time or his strength in retrospective reproaches or repinings.
In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
I visited those friends who'd just had a baby, and she was washing dishes and he was cleaning the house, and I burst with happiness. And in their minds, they were in this terrible domestic rut.
I hope you will go out and let stories happen to you, and that you will work them, water them with your blood and tears and you laughter till they bloom, till you yourself burst into bloom.
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Other Usage ExamplesEvery day that is born into the world comes like a burst of music and rings the whole day through, and you make of it a dance, a dirge, or a life march, as you will.
In June as many as a dozen species may burst their buds on a single day. No man can heed all of these anniversaries no man can ignore all of them.
How sick one gets of being 'good,' how much I should respect myself if I could burst out and make everyone wretched for twenty-four hours embody selfishness.
They say it's better to bury your sadness in a graveyard or garden that waits for the spring to wake from its sleep and burst into green.
In the forensic science course I took at university they used photographs of dead bodies. For ballistics they showed us a guy lying on the floor, and his head had burst.
A game one of my sisters will play with me in my first year of being alive is called Good Baby, Bad Baby. This consists of being told I am a good baby until I smile and laugh, then being told I am a bad baby until I burst into tears. This training will stand me in good stead all through my life.
I was not out to paint beautiful pictures even painting good pictures was not important to me. I wanted only to help the truth burst forth.
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