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bursting — burst|ing [ bɜrstıŋ ] adjective never before noun 1. ) bursting with if you are bursting with something such as PRIDE, energy, or love, you feel or have a lot of it: He was bursting with excitement. The new teacher was enthusiastic and bursting… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
bursting — UK [ˈbɜː(r)stɪŋ] / US [ˈbɜrstɪŋ] adjective [never before noun] 1) a) if you are bursting with something such as pride, energy, or love, you feel or have a lot of it bursting with: He was bursting with excitement. The new teacher was enthusiastic… … English dictionary
bursting — [[t]bɜ͟ː(r)stɪŋ[/t]] 1) ADJ: v link ADJ, usu ADJ with n If a place is bursting with people or things, it is full of them. The place appears to be bursting with women directors. ...a terraced vegetable garden, bursting with produce. Syn: teeming… … English dictionary
bursting — [ˈbɜːstɪŋ] adj 1) if you are bursting with something such as love or energy, you feel a lot of it 2) very keen to do something She was bursting to tell us what had happened.[/ex] 3) if a place is bursting, it is very full … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
Bursting — Burst Burst, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Burst}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bursting}. The past participle bursten is obsolete.] [OE. bersten, bresten, AS. berstan (pers. sing. berste, imp. sing. b[ae]rst, imp. pl. burston, p. p. borsten); akin to D. bersten, G.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Something Very Expensive (Deadwood episode) — Infobox Television episode Title=Something Very Expensive Series=Deadwood Season=2 Episode=18 Airdate=April 10, 2005 Production=99762| Writer=Steve Shill Director=Steve Shill Guests=see main article Prev=Complications Next=E.B. Was Left Out… … Wikipedia
Bursting charge — Charge Charge, n. [F. charge, fr. charger to load. See {Charge}, v. t., and cf. {Cargo}, {Caricature}.] 1. A load or burder laid upon a person or thing. [1913 Webster] 2. A person or thing commited or intrusted to the care, custody, or management … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
be bursting — 1 : to be filled with something The crate was bursting with fruit. The dish is bursting with flavors. The kids are just bursting with energy/excitement. Her parents were practically bursting with pride. 2 … Useful english dictionary
feel like something doing something — feel like sth/like doing sth idiom (informal) to want to have or do sth • I feel like a drink. • We all felt like celebrating. • He felt like bursting into tears … Useful english dictionary
feel like like doing something — feel like sth/like doing sth idiom (informal) to want to have or do sth • I feel like a drink. • We all felt like celebrating. • He felt like bursting into tears … Useful english dictionary
