Sekirov Dictionary

bursting

UK /ˈbɜːstɪŋ/US /ˈbɝstɪŋ/

adjective 3
noun 1
forms 3

adjective3

•
So full (with something) as almost to erupt.
- The newly stocked refrigerator is bursting with fresh vegetables.
- Her heart was bursting with repressed emotion.
•
Very eager (to do something).
- I was bursting to tell him the secret.
•
(informal) Urgently needing to urinate.
- Can you tell me where the toilets are? I'm bursting.
- The kid is bursting to go to the toilet.

noun1

•
The act by which something bursts.
- the burstings of balloons

forms

burstings · more bursting · most bursting

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