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infringe
English
Alternative forms
- enfringe (archaic)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin infringere (“to break off, break, bruise, weaken, destroy”), from in (“in”) + frangere (“to break”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?f??nd?/
Verb
infringe (third-person singular simple present infringes, present participle infringing, simple past and past participle infringed)
- (transitive) Break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.
- (intransitive) Break in or encroach on something.
Synonyms
(Break or violate a treaty, a law): transgress
Derived terms
- infringement
- infringer
Related terms
- infraction
Translations
Further reading
- infringe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- infringe in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- infringe at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Infinger, enfiring, refining
Latin
Verb
?nfringe
- second-person singular present active imperative of ?nfring?
Portuguese
Verb
infringe
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of infringir
- second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of infringir
Spanish
Verb
infringe
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of infringir.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of infringir.
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of infringir.
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burst
English
Etymology
From Middle English bersten, from Old English berstan, from Proto-Germanic *brestan? (compare West Frisian boarste, Dutch barsten, Swedish brista), from Proto-Indo-European *b?res- (“to burst, break, crack, split, separate”) (compare Irish bris (“to break”)), enlargement of *b?reHi- (“to snip, split”). More at brine. Also cognate to debris.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /b?st/
- (UK) IPA(key): /b??st/
- Rhymes: -??(r)st
Verb
burst (third-person singular simple present bursts, present participle bursting, simple past burst or (archaic) brast or (nonstandard) bursted, past participle burst or (rare) bursten or (nonstandard) bursted)
- (intransitive) To break from internal pressure.
- (transitive) To cause to break from internal pressure.
- (transitive, obsolete) To cause to break by any means.
- He burst his lance against the sand below.
- (transitive) To separate (printer paper) at perforation lines.
- (intransitive) To enter or exit hurriedly and unexpectedly.
- 1913, Mariano Azuela, The Underdogs, translated by E. MunguÍa, Jr.
- Like hungry dogs who have sniffed their meat, the mob bursts in, trampling down the women who sought to bar the entrance with their bodies.
- 1913, Mariano Azuela, The Underdogs, translated by E. MunguÍa, Jr.
- (intransitive) To erupt; to change state suddenly as if bursting.
- The flowers burst into bloom on the first day of spring.
- (transitive) To produce as an effect of bursting.
- to burst a hole through the wall
- 1856, Eleanor Marx-Aveling (translator), Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter X
- He entered Maromme shouting for the people of the inn, burst open the door with a thrust of his shoulder, made for a sack of oats, emptied a bottle of sweet cider into the manger, and again mounted his nag, whose feet struck fire as it dashed along.
- (transitive) To interrupt suddenly in a violent or explosive manner; to shatter.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:burst.
Coordinate terms
- split, crack
Derived terms
Related terms
- bust
Translations
Noun
burst (plural bursts)
- An act or instance of bursting.
- The bursts of the bombs could be heard miles away.
- A sudden, often intense, expression, manifestation or display.
- Synonym: spurt
- 1860/1861, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
- "It's my wedding-day," cried Biddy, in a burst of happiness, "and I am married to Joe!"
- A series of shots fired from an automatic firearm.
- (military) The explosion of a bomb or missile.
- a ground burst; a surface burst
- (archaic) A drinking spree.
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Strub, strub, sturb, trubs
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse burst, from Proto-Germanic *burstiz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?r?st/
- Rhymes: -?r?st
Noun
burst f (genitive singular burstar, nominative plural burstir)
- bristle
- gable
Declension
Related terms
- bursti
- bursta
Old High German
Alternative forms
- borst
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *burstiz.
Noun
burst n
- bristle
Descendants
- Middle High German: burst, borst, burste, borste
- Central Franconian:
- Hunsrik: Berst
- Luxembourgish: Buuscht, Biischt
- East Central German:
- Erzgebirgisch: bèrschd
- German: Borste, Bürste
- Central Franconian:
Old Norse
Etymology
from Proto-Germanic *burstiz
Noun
burst f
- bristle
Declension
References
- Köbler, Gerhard, Altnordisches Wörterbuch, (4. Auflage) 2014
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