burst

1. (intransitive) To break from internal pressure.Examples: "I blew the balloon up too much, and it burst."intransitive

2. (transitive) To cause to break from internal pressure.Examples: "I burst the balloon when I blew it up too much."transitive

3. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to break by any means.Examples: "You will not pay for the glasses you have burst?"; "He burst his lance against the sand below."obsoletetransitive

4. (transitive) To separate (printer paper) at perforation lines.Examples: "I printed the report on form-feed paper, then burst the sheets."transitive

5. (intransitive) To enter or exit hurriedly and unexpectedly.Examples: "1913, Mariano Azuela, The Underdogs, translated by E. MunguÍa, Jr. Like hungry dogs who have sniffed their meat, the mob bursts in, trampling down the women who sought to bar the entrance with their bodies."intransitive

6. (intransitive) To erupt; to change state suddenly as if bursting.Examples: "The flowers burst into bloom on the first day of spring."; "‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”. […]’."intransitive