[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

burst \burst\, v. i. imp.  p. p. burst; p. pr.  vb. n.
   bursting. the past participle bursten is obsolete. oe.
   bersten, bresten, as. berstan pers. sing. berste, imp. sing.
   baerst, imp. pl. burston, p. p. borsten; akin to d.
   bersten, g. bersten, ohg. brestan, os. brestan, icel. bresta,
   sw. brista, dan. briste. cf. brast, break.
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

            from the egg that soon
            bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed
            their callow young.                   --milton.
      1913 webster

   note: often used figuratively, as of the heart, in reference
         to a surcharge of passion, grief, desire, etc.
         1913 webster

               no, no, my heart will burst, an if i speak:
               and i will speak, that so my heart may burst.
                                                  --shak.
         1913 webster

   2. 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.
      1913 webster

            tears, such as angels weep, burst forth. --milton.
      1913 webster

            and now you burst ah cruel from my arms. --pope.
      1913 webster

            a resolved villain
            whose bowels suddenly burst out.      --shak.
      1913 webster

            we were the first that ever burst
            into that silent sea.                 --coleridge.
      1913 webster

            to burst upon him like an earthquake. --goldsmith.
      1913 webster
see also:
burst bursting brast break 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

burst \burst\ b^urst, v. t.
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

            my breast i'll burst with straining of my courage.
                                                  --shak.
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   2. to break. obs.
      1913 webster

            you will not pay for the glasses you have burst?
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

            he burst his lance against the sand below. --fairfax
                                                  tasso.
      1913 webster

   3. to produce as an effect of bursting; as, to burst a hole
      through the wall.
      1913 webster

   bursting charge. see under charge.
      1913 webster
see also:
bursting charge charge 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

burst \burst\, n.
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

            bursts of fox-hunting melody.         --w. irving.
      1913 webster

   2. any brief, violent exertion or effort; a spurt; as, a
      burst of speed.
      1913 webster

   3. a sudden opening, as of landscape; a stretch; an expanse.
      r. "a fine burst of country." --jane austen.
      1913 webster

   4. a rupture or hernia; a breach.
      1913 webster

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

burst
     adj : 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" syn: ruptured,
            busted
     n 1: 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" syn: explosion
     2: rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; "our fusillade
        from the left flank caught them by surprise" syn: fusillade,
         salvo, volley
     3: a sudden flurry of activity often for no obvious reason;
        "a burst of applause"; "a fit of housecleaning" syn: fit
     4: a sudden violent happening; "an outburst of heavy rain"; "a
        burst of lightning" syn: outburst, flare-up
     v 1: break open or apart suddenly; "the bubble burst" syn: split,
           break open
     2: force out or release suddenly and often violently something
        pent up; "break into tears"; "erupt in anger" syn: break,
         erupt
     3: burst outward, usually with noise; "the champagne bottle
        exploded" syn: explode ant: implode
     4: move suddenly, energetically, or violently; "he burst out of
        the house into the cool night"
     5: be in a state of movement or action; "the room abounded with
        screaming children"; "the garden bristled with toddlers"
        syn: abound, bristle
     6: emerge suddenly; "the sun burst into view"
     7: cause to burst; "the ice broke the pipe" syn: collapse
     8: break open or apart suddenly and forcefully; "the dam burst"
        syn: bust
see also:
ruptured busted explosion fusillade salvo volley 
fit outburst flare-up split break open 
break erupt explode implode abound 
bristle collapse bust 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

278 moby thesaurus words for "burst":
   access, ado, aggravated, agitation, antiaircraft barrage, backfire,
   bang, bark, barrage, belch, blast, blaze, blaze of temper,
   blow out, blow up, blowout, blowup, bombardment, boom, bother,
   botheration, box barrage, breach, break, break open, break up,
   breakage, broadside, broken, bump, burned, burst, burst of speed,
   bury, bust, busted, bustle, cache, cannonade, cannonry, canter,
   cascade, check, checked, chip, chipped, clap, clash, cleft, coffin,
   come apart, come unstuck, commotion, conceal, convulsion, cover,
   crack, cracked, crash, crazed, creeping barrage, crump, cut,
   cyclone, damaged, dash, dead run, debouchment, deflagration,
   deteriorated, detonate, detonation, discharge, disintegrate,
   dissiliency, dive, dogtrot, drive, drumfire, embittered,
   emergency barrage, enfilade, ensconce, entomb, eructation,
   eruption, exacerbated, exfoliate, explode, explosion,
   fall to pieces, feery-fary, ferment, fidgetiness, fire, fissure,
   fit, flank speed, flap, flare, flare up, flare-up, flash,
   flash fire, flat-out speed, flop, flurry, fluster, flutter,
   flutteriness, forced draft, fracture, fragment, fulguration,
   full gallop, fulminate, fulmination, fusillade, fuss, fussiness,
   gale, gallop, gap, give away, give way, go off, gunshot, gush,
   gust, hand gallop, harmed, headlong rush, heavy right foot, hide,
   high lope, high words, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurricane, hurt,
   impaired, imperfect, in bits, in pieces, in shards, inhume,
   injured, inter, inurn, irritated, irruption, jet, jog trot, knock,
   lacerated, lay away, lay to rest, let off, lope, lunge, maelstrom,
   mangled, maximum speed, mortar barrage, mushroom, mutilated,
   normal barrage, occult, open throttle, outbreak, outburst,
   paroxysm, pash, pitch, plant, plunge, pop, pother, puncture,
   put away, race, rap, rapids, rent, report, restlessness, rift, rip,
   rive, run, rupture, ruptured, rush, sally, salvo, scalded, scale,
   scamper, scene, scorched, scramble, screen, scud, scurry, scuttle,
   secrete, seizure, sepulcher, sepulture, set off, shatter,
   shattered, shiver, shoot, shot, shower, slam, slap, slash, slashed,
   slat, slice, slit, smack, smash, smashed, smatter, snap, spasm,
   spate, spew, splat, splinter, split, spray, spring a leak, sprint,
   sprung, spurt, standing barrage, start, stash, stew, stir, storm,
   swap, sweat, swirl, tap, tear, tempest, the worse for, thwack,
   to-do, tomb, torn, tornado, torrent, touch off, trot, tumult,
   unquiet, upheaval, volcan, volley, vortex, weakened, whack, wham,
   whap, whirl, whirlwind, whomp, whop, wide-open speed, worse,
   worse off, worsened

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