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verb past tense and past participle burst
1 BREAK OPEN (I, T) if something bursts or if you burst it, it breaks open or apart suddenly and violently so that its contents come out: You're going to burst the balloon, if you're not careful.
2 bursting with so full of something that there is no room for any more: The barracks were bursting with refugees.
3 MOVE SUDDENLY (intransitive always + adv/prep) to move somewhere suddenly or quickly, especially into or out of a place
(+ through/into/in etc): Don't burst into my bedroom without knocking!
4 burst open to suddenly be open: The door burst open to reveal Francis holding a tray.
5 be bursting to do sth informal to want to do something very much: Mona's bursting to tell you the news.
6 be bursting with pride/confidence/energy etc to be very proud, confident etc
7 be bursting informal to need to go to the toilet very soon
8 full to bursting so full that there is no room for any more: I can't eat any more, I'm full to bursting!
9 bursting at the seams so full that nothing else can fit inside
-see also: prick/burst the bubble bubble 1 (4), burst sb's bubble bubble 1 (5)
Longman dictionary of contemporary English.
2004.
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