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bursting forth

bursting forth is the present participle and gerund of burst forth.

Meaning of burst forth

Verb

burst forth (third-person singular simple present bursts forth, present participle bursting forth, simple past and past participle burst forth)

  1. (intransitive) To erupt.
    • I am inventing a language which must necessarily burst forth from a very new poetics, that could be defined in a couple of words: Paint, not the thing, but the effect it produces.1864, Stéphane Mallarmé, (Please provide the book title or journal name)

Questions about bursting forth

What is bursting forth the present participle and gerund of?
Bursting forth is the present participle and gerund of burst forth.

Words near bursting forth in the dictionary

  1. burstiness
  2. burstinesses
  3. bursting
  4. bursting a blood vessel
  5. bursting at the seams
  6. bursting forth
  7. bursting in
  8. bursting into
  9. bursting into flames
  10. bursting into flower
  11. bursting into tears

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