"toburst" meaning in English

See toburst in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: tobursts [present, singular, third-person], tobursting [participle, present], toburst [past], toburst [participle, past], tobursten [participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle English tobursten, tobresten, from Old English tōberstan (“to burst asunder, shatter”), from Proto-Germanic *tebrestaną (“to burst asunder”), equivalent to to- (“apart”) + burst. Cognate with Old Saxon tebrestan, German zerbersten. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tobursten}} Middle English tobursten, {{inh|en|ang|tōberstan|t=to burst asunder, shatter}} Old English tōberstan (“to burst asunder, shatter”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*tebrestaną|t=to burst asunder}} Proto-Germanic *tebrestaną (“to burst asunder”), {{af|en|to-|burst|t1=apart}} to- (“apart”) + burst, {{cog|osx|tebrestan}} Old Saxon tebrestan, {{cog|de|zerbersten}} German zerbersten Head templates: {{en-verb|tobursts|tobursting|toburst|past_ptc2=tobursten}} toburst (third-person singular simple present tobursts, present participle tobursting, simple past toburst, past participle toburst or tobursten)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To burst or break in pieces. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-toburst-en-verb-VPIlHm-i
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To burst apart; break in pieces. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-toburst-en-verb-6LejVdGM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with to-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with to-: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tobrest

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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