toburst
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To burst or break in pieces.
- (intransitive) To burst apart; break in pieces.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English tobursten inherited from Old English tōberstan (burst asunder, burst apart, shatter) inherited from Proto-Germanic *tebrestaną (burst asunder, burst break apart) affix from English burst.
Origin
English
burst
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aburst English
- afterburst English
- airburst English
- budburst English
- burst English
- burstability English
- burstable English
- burster English
- bursteth English
- burstlet English
- burstwise English
- burstwort English
- bursty English
- circumburst English
- cloudburst English
- colorburst English
- damburst English
- downburst English
- forburst English
- groundburst English
- inburst English
- interburst English
- intraburst English
- macroburst English
- microburst English
- miniburst English
- outburst English
- postburst English
- preburst English
- rockburst English
- starburst English
- sunburst English
- superburst English
- thunderburst English
- unburst English
- upburst English
- bersten German
- zerbersten German
- *tebrestaną Proto-Germanic
- toberstan Old English
- tōberstan Old English
- bersten Middle English
- bursten Middle English
- tobursten Middle English
- brestan Old Saxon
- tebrestan Old Saxon
- burst
- bursty
- aburst
- unburst
- inburst
- burster
- upburst
- bursteth
- sunburst
- preburst
- burstlet
- airburst
- budburst
- forburst
- outburst
- damburst
- rockburst
- postburst
- starburst
- burstable
- burstwise
- miniburst
- burstwort
- downburst
- cloudburst
- superburst
- colorburst
- interburst
- microburst
- intraburst
- macroburst
- afterburst
- circumburst
- groundburst
- thunderburst
- burstability