bursting
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Definitions ofbursting
- To break from internal pressure.
Example: "I blew the balloon up too much, and it burst."
- To cause to break from internal pressure.
Example: "I burst the balloon when I blew it up too much."
- To cause to break by any means.
- To separate (printer paper) at perforation lines.
Example: "I printed the report on form-feed paper, then burst the sheets."
- To enter or exit hurriedly and unexpectedly.
- To erupt; to change state suddenly as if bursting.
Example: "The flowers burst into bloom on the first day of spring."
- To produce as an effect of bursting.
Example: "to burst a hole through the wall"
- To interrupt suddenly in a violent or explosive manner; to shatter.
- The act by which something bursts.
Example: "the burstings of balloons"
- Very eager (to do something).
Example: "I was bursting to tell him the secret."
- (often followed by "to go to...") Urgently needing to urinate.
Example: "Can you tell me where the toilets are? I'm bursting."
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