Word.ws English Dictionary

forburst

forburst verb: to burst asunder; break; shatter.

Verb

forburst (third-person singular simple present forbursts, present participle forbursting, simple past forburst or (archaic) forbrast, past participle forburst or (archaic) forbrast or (archaic) forbursten)

  1. (intransitive) To burst asunder; break; shatter.

Forms of forburst

third-person singular presentforbursts
present participleforbursting
pastforburst
past participleforburst
past (archaic)forbrast
past participle (archaic)forbrast
past participle (archaic)forbursten

Origin of forburst

From Middle English forbersten, forbresten, from Old English forberstan (“to break, burst asunder, vanish, fail; let go by default”), equivalent to for- + burst.

Questions about forburst

What does forburst mean?
Forburst means to burst asunder; break; shatter.
What part of speech is forburst?
Forburst is a verb.
What is the past tense of forburst?
The past tense of forburst is forburst.

Words near forburst in the dictionary

  1. forburn
  2. forburned
  3. forburning
  4. forburns
  5. forburnt
  6. forburst
  7. forbursting
  8. forbursts
  9. Forbus
  10. Forbuses
  11. Forbush

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: forburst (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “forburst.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/forburst. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.