Word Meanings - BRAST - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To burst. And both his yën braste out of his face. Chaucer. Dreadfull furies which their chains have brast. Spenser.

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• BRAST
  To burst. And both his yën braste out of his face. Chaucer. Dreadfull furies which their chains have brast. Spenser.
• BURSTEN
  p. p. of Burst, v. i.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• BURSTER
  One that bursts.
• BURST
  berstan (pers. sing. berste, imp. sing. bærst, imp. pl. burston, p.p. borsten); akin to D. bersten, G. bersten, OHG. brestan, OS. brestan, 1. To fly apart or in pieces; of break open; to yield to force or pressure, especially to a sudden
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• SPENSERIAN
  Of or pertaining to the English poet Spenser; -- specifically applied to the stanza used in his poem "The Faërie Queene."
• FURIES
  See 3
• DREADFULLY
  In a dreadful manner; terribly. Dryden.
• BURSTWORT
  A plant supposed to be valuable for the cure of hernia or rupture.
• THEIR
  The possessive case of the personal pronoun they; as, their houses; their country. Note: The possessive takes the form theirs (theirs is best cultivated. Nothing but the name of zeal appears 'Twixt our best actions and the worst of theirs. Denham.
• SUNBURST
  A burst of sunlight.
• CLOUD-BURST
  A sudden copious rainfall, as the whole cloud had been precipitated at once.
• DISPENSER
  One who, or that which, dispenses; a distributer; as, a dispenser of favors.
• UPBURST
  The act of bursting upwards; a breaking through to the surface; an upbreak or uprush; as, an upburst of molten matter.
• INBURST
  A bursting in or into.
• OUTBURST
  A bursting forth.
• ABURST
  In a bursting condition.
• HUDIBRASTIC
  Similar to, or in the style of, the poem "Hudibras," by Samuel Butler; in the style of doggerel verse. Macaulay.
• THUNDERBURST
  A burst of thunder.