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- English Word Bursitis Definition Inflammation of a bursa.
- English Word Burst Definition of Burst
- English Word Burst Definition 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.
- English Word Burst Definition 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.
- English Word Burst Definition 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.
- English Word Burst Definition To break.
- English Word Burst Definition To produce as an effect of bursting; as, to burst a hole through the wall.
- English Word Burst Definition 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.
- English Word Burst Definition Any brief, violent exertion or effort; a spurt; as, a burst of speed.
- English Word Burst Definition A sudden opening, as of landscape; a stretch; an expanse.
- English Word Burst Definition A rupture or hernia; a breach.
- English Word Bursten Definition p. p. of Burst, v. i.
- English Word Bursten Definition of Breste
- English Word Burster Definition One that bursts.
- English Word Bursting Definition of Burst
- English Word Burstwort Definition A plant (Herniaria glabra) supposed to be valuable for the cure of hernia or rupture.
- English Word Burt Definition See Birt.
- English Word Burthen Definition See Burden.
- English Word Burton Definition A peculiar tackle, formed of two or more blocks, or pulleys, the weight being suspended to a hook block in the bight of the running part.
- English Word Bury Definition A borough; a manor; as, the Bury of St. Edmond's
- English Word Bury Definition A manor house; a castle.
- English Word Bury Definition To cover out of sight, either by heaping something over, or by placing within something, as earth, etc.; to conceal by covering; to hide; as, to bury coals in ashes; to bury the face in the hands.
- English Word Bury Definition Specifically: To cover out of sight, as the body of a deceased person, in a grave, a tomb, or the ocean; to deposit (a corpse) in its resting place, with funeral ceremonies; to inter; to inhume.
- English Word Bury Definition To hide in oblivion; to put away finally; to abandon; as, to bury strife.
- English Word Burying Definition of Bury
- English Word Burying ground Definition Alt. of Burying place
- English Word Burying place Definition The ground or place for burying the dead; burial place.
- English Word Bus Definition An omnibus.
- English Word Busbies Definition of Busby
- English Word Busby Definition A military headdress or cap, used in the British army. It is of fur, with a bag, of the same color as the facings of the regiment, hanging from the top over the right shoulder.