2. Verb. (third-person singular of burst) ¹
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Definition of Bursts
1. burst [v] - See also: burst
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bursts
Literary usage of Bursts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Attic Orators from Antiphon to Isaeos by Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1876)
"It was for such bursts that the eloquence of the elder Pitt was famous ; that of
Mirabeau, and of Patrick Henry, owed its highest renown to the same cause. ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"... slopes bursts into leaf and flower when the rains begin. Very brief mention
is made of raised beaches and of ' moraines,' which are described as ..."
3. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"Bain beats, hail rattles, whirlwinds tear : The slender hut in fragments flew ;
230 Wild mingling with the howling gale, Loud bursts of ghastly laughter ..."
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