"bursting" meaning in English

See bursting in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈbɝstɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈbɜːstɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-bursting.ogg [US] Forms: more bursting [comparative], most bursting [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} bursting (comparative more bursting, superlative most bursting)
  1. Very eager (to do something).
    Sense id: en-bursting-en-adj-YatRwa-o
  2. (often followed by "to go to...") Urgently needing to urinate. Tags: often Translations (urgently needing to urinate): 尿急 (niàojí) (Chinese Mandarin), halkeamaisillaan [adverb] (Finnish), impellenza (Italian), urgenza (Italian), bisogno impellente (Italian)
    Sense id: en-bursting-en-adj-T0seOByA Disambiguation of 'urgently needing to urinate': 2 98 1
  3. So full (with something) as almost to erupt.
    Sense id: en-bursting-en-adj-zii8-7V2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: busting

Noun

IPA: /ˈbɝstɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈbɜːstɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-bursting.ogg [US] Forms: burstings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bursting (plural burstings)
  1. The act by which something bursts. Derived forms: bursting pressure
    Sense id: en-bursting-en-noun-f6NnBAAa

Verb

IPA: /ˈbɝstɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈbɜːstɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-bursting.ogg [US]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} bursting
  1. present participle and gerund of burst Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: burst Derived forms: bursting point
    Sense id: en-bursting-en-verb-Sm33233n Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 2 8 11 71

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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