Meaning

3 senses
  1. (intransitive, literally)To appear suddenly from within something else.

    hervorbrechen, herausbrechen

    appear suddenly or unexpectedly; happen unexpectedly

  2. (intransitive)To display sudden powerful emotion.

  3. (intransitive)To speak emotionally or suddenly

    erupt or intensify suddenly

Examples

121 sentences
  1. Tom was about to burst out crying.

    ruТом был готов разрыдаться. — odexed

    deTom war kurz davor, loszuheulen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Both Tom and Mary burst out laughing.

  3. Everyone in the audience burst out laughing.

  4. She burst out laughing when she saw me.

    ruУвидев меня, она тотчас расхохоталась. — sharptoothed

    deSie brach in Lachen aus, als sie mich sah. — MUIRIEL

  5. Tom and the others all burst out laughing.

    deTom und die anderen brachen alle in Gelächter aus. — brauchinet

Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to appear suddenly from within something else:

Origin

Analytic form of the earlier outburst.

Analytic form of the earlier outburst.

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Forms

bursts out, bursting out, burst out, burst out
Base formburst out · to burst out
3rd person singularbursts out
Present participlebursting out
Past simpleburst out
Past participleburst out

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyburst out
he, she, itbursts out

Past simpleLesson

all personsburst out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave burst out
he, she, ithas burst out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill burst out

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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