verb intrans
to break or cause to break suddenly and violently apart or into pieces
to give vent suddenly to a repressed emotion
He burst into tears
to begin suddenly and forcefully
They burst into song
The next moment he had burst into song
to emerge or appear suddenly
She burst out of the house
(+ with) to be filled to breaking point or to the point of overflowing
The cupboard was bursting with packets of every kind
to cause (something) to break suddenly and violently
She burst a blood vessel
He burst the balloon by sitting on it
to produce (something) by bursting
The weight had burst a hole in the bag
[Old English berstan]