BURST FORTH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does burst forth mean? 

• BURST FORTH (verb)
  The verb BURST FORTH has 3 senses:

1. jump out from a hiding place and surprise (someone)

2. be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise

3. come into or as if into flower

  Familiarity information: BURST FORTH used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BURST FORTH (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Jump out from a hiding place and surprise (someone)

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

burst forth; leap out; rush out; sally out

Context example:

The attackers leapt out from the bushes

Hypernyms (to "burst forth" is one way to...):

appear (come into sight or view)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

break loose; burst forth; explode

Context example:

His anger exploded

Hypernyms (to "burst forth" is one way to...):

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Sense 3

Meaning:

Come into or as if into flower

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

burst forth; effloresce

Context example:

These manifestations effloresced in the past

Hypernyms (to "burst forth" is one way to...):

bloom; blossom; flower (produce or yield flowers)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

 Context examples 

Miss Woodhouse, what do you think has happened! which instantly burst forth, had all the evidence of corresponding perturbation.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

You shall become a black poodle and have a gold collar round your neck, and shall eat burning coals, till the flames burst forth from your throat.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Catherine had seen nothing to compare with it; and her feelings of delight were so strong, that without waiting for any better authority, she boldly burst forth in wonder and praise.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Suddenly, amid all the hubbub of the gale, there burst forth the wild scream of a terrified woman.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As soon as Jane had read Mr. Gardiner's hope of Lydia's being soon married, her joy burst forth, and every following sentence added to its exuberance.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Marianne here burst forth with indignation—Esteem him! Like him!

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

The cold stars shone in mockery, and the bare trees waved their branches above me; now and then the sweet voice of a bird burst forth amidst the universal stillness.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Her only experiences in such matters were of the books, where the facts of ordinary day were translated by fancy into a fairy realm of unreality; and she little knew that this rough sailor was creeping into her heart and storing there pent forces that would some day burst forth and surge through her in waves of fire.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

She had been allowing his attentions some time, but with very little idea of ever accepting him; and had not her sister's conduct burst forth as it did, and her increased dread of her father and of home, on that event, imagining its certain consequence to herself would be greater severity and restraint, made her hastily resolve on avoiding such immediate horrors at all risks, it is probable that Mr. Yates would never have succeeded.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Once only, when she had been grieving over the last ill-judged, ill-fated walk to the Cobb, bitterly lamenting that it ever had been thought of, he burst forth, as if wholly overcome—"Don't talk of it, don't talk of it," he cried.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)